Why are we attracted to unhealthy foods?

Lots of junk foods have loads of sugar. Many junk food items are brightly coloured, which attracts our (especially children’s) attention. People like finger foods, such as burgers, hot dogs, and fries. Advertisers target children, making junk food more attractive than is healthy from a young age. Deep-fried foods are tastier than bland foods, and children and adults develop a taste for such foods. Fatty foods cause the brain to release oxytocin, a powerful hormone with a calming, anti stress, and relaxing influence, said to be the opposite of adrenaline, into the blood stream; hence the term “comfort foods.”