Let go of your diet and indulge in all your favorite unhealthy snacks without any guilt because it is the fun holiday â Junk Food Day, celebrated every July 21.
Junk food is a term used to refer to food that has a lot of calories but very little or no nutritional value. Popularized in the United States in the 1950s, the word is widely used for foods that are heavily processed, and have high amounts of sugars, fats and salt.
In other words, junk food is all that tasty stuff that the dietitians, and Mom, say is bad for us.
Studies have shown that consuming junk food once-in-a-while does not have a negative effect on health. It is only when one eats junk food for a majority of their meals that their diet can be considered unhealthy.