We think we know well the food that we usually eat. We know that fast food is bad for our bodies and that sugar and food additives are also bad for our bodies. If you ask people why these things are bad, most of them don't answer concretely. The most commonly consumed foodstuffs are chocolate, candies, junk food, soda, ice cream and instant noodles.

More than 50 percent of Koreans die due to cancer, diabetes and heart disease. This situation is not only in Korea, but also in other advanced nations. The whole world is in the same situation. A noticeable thing is that these diseases were rare just a century ago. More people will become victims of these diseases in the near future.

Baskin-Robbins is the biggest ice-cream company in the world. It was founded by Irv Robbins and Burt Baskin in 1945. They opened an ice-cream store in a small town in California and succeeded in their undertaking. Ten years later, they had a chain of stores all over America. Both of the two men had serious health problems and Burt Baskin died of a heart attack at the age of 54. Irv Robbins changed his eating habits, and he and his family stopped eating ice-cream. His business has expanded all over the world.

Fifty years ago, Franscis Pottenger, an internist in California, conducted an experiment. He divided some cats into two groups. He feed one group regular feed, and the other defective feed. The cats which were fed regular feed did not have health problems after three generations, but cats which had defective feed showed abnormal symptoms by the second generation. The second generation was underdeveloped and had some diseases. The health problems got worse in the third generation; they were hard to control their bodies and showed enmity towards the other cats and owner. The fourth generation showed serious health problems. He could not continue the experiment because the number of fourth generation cats decreased. This experiment shows how much the food we eat affects our bodies. Experts insist that eating habits can cause children's emotional instability and abnormal symptoms.

Instant noodles have changed our eating habits. Now, they are an essential item in our diet. Many experts point out that instant noodles are addictive. The ingredients of instant noodles are white flour and additives. Food additive consultant Imamura Koichi warned that no matter how healthy a man is, if he has instant noodles continually for three weeks, he will develop problems in his brain. He also said that instant noodles’ biggest problem is that they include several food additives. These include synthetic flavorings, spices, emulsifiers, and antioxidants. These are used to make instant noodles, but sometimes instant noodle companies don’t print detailed descriptions on the outside of the package.

Our eating habits have changed over the 19st century. The incidence of heart attacks and cancer has risen as our eating habits have changed. To enhance our health, we should improve our diet and eat less cheap food containing dangerous food additives.