Simply put, a healthy diet is as simple as eating real food and avoiding junk food. Seems easy enough. However, you probably already know that things aren’t always that simple. Why are people addicted to fast food? Because processed foods are designed to make you eat them, eat too much of them, and crave more of them. Most people find it difficult to resist junk food, despite their best efforts, because of how addictive it is. There are a number of factors that make it difficult to cut back on junk food. So, let’s talk about why junk food is addictive and what you can do to combat it.