I was sitting here
wondering what wise comments or intuitive thought I could pass along to
bloggers today and almost said I will skip it and then I remembered a not
widely known Holiday called National junk food day.
For most of us, just about every day
is Junk Food Day. For the rest of you out there, National Junk Food Day is a
great opportunity to guiltlessly eat your, Ring dings, Ho-Ho’s, Potato chips
and all your other favorite junk food.
Dietitians
will tell you that junk food is any food that contains little nutritional
value. We also include foods that are high in salts, fats, and sugars. In other
words, junk food is all that tasty stuff that the dietitians, and your parents,
say is bad for us. Junk food is the food dreams are made of, flaky cakes and
strawberry shortcakes, cream filled goodies that make you drool just thinking
about them… The food that makes you feel like a kid all over again.
On
Junk Food Day, you get to eat anything you want. Eat any amounts that you want,
too. Tomorrow, however, it's back to a healthy diet, Your Folks and spouses
mocking and perhaps a stomach ache or in some cases a diabetic coma and insulin
shot... I never said Junk Food Day was
safe or didn’t have any ramifications.
How
did National Junk Food Day originate
you ask? Well, fact checkers and inquisitive know it alls were looking for information
on what is and what isn't junk food. They found no information on the origin of
this day. It was most likely created by a diet conscious individual or group
who desired to eat junk food, without guilt, at least one day a year. I refer
to them as Food Nazis
Now
as some of you may know, that creating an official “National" day requires
an Act of Congress. Something the inquisitive minds did not find any records of.
While Congress may be accused of going on occasional junkets, I firmly believe
they would not support a Nation day of junk food.
So for me and a few of my not so close friends
out there July 21st will always be a quiet time of binging on salty
and sugary treats, I still may have to hide it from the powers that be, but dam
it I am going to partake in it!
However
I am compelled to post a Warning so here it is…
Please Note: Junk food may be hazardous to your health. After all, Your
Doctors and Parents and spouses know what's best for you. Do so at your own
risk. That risk includes those same people saying: "I told you so!"
Jump
in and Join me Tell us what your favorite Junk Food is.
See
you next time, Thanks for reading
