The Good and the Bad of Fast Food

Now, for the health nuts, they probably think that there is nothing positive about fast food. For the fast food lovers, they probably think that there are no negatives to fast food. In reality, there are both pros and cons to fast food. I will be the first to admin that I love fast food. I will also admit that I know it is definetly not healthy. Yet, there are a lot of moments in my life where the pros overway the cons. I think it is because of the way America is and the way American life is so dependent on fast food. There are somethings no other options. Since I like the good before the bad, I thought it would be best to start with the pros.

The first positive of fast food is probably the most obvious one. It's fast. If you have a twenty minute or less lunch break and you are starving, fast food is what you will get. There is no other option. Of course, you can always bring something that you made yourself from home. Yet, if you can't cook, what are you going to do? A lot of people cannot cook, me being one of them. I can back really well and make some delicious sweets, but I don't think that is much healthier then fast food. Also, it is super convenient! There is basically a fast food place on every street. Probably, wherever you will work, you will be near a fast food place.

Not only is fast food super fast, but it can also be super cheap. For instance, McDonalds dollar menu. Where else can you get food for a dollar? There are so little things in the grocery store that you need to make a meal with and are a dollar. At McDonald, you can buy a burger for like two dollars and, at the grocery store, you can't even buy the bun for the burger for two dollars. At KFC, they have their 5 dollar meals. Those meals have the chicken, a cookie, a drink, mash potatoes, and a biscit. If you were to buy all the ingredients to make that at a gorcery store, you would be at five bucks after the drink and the potatoes. That does not include the milk you need to make the potatoes into mash potatoes.

Fast food is also amazing for the extremely lazy and the semi lazy, like me. There are a lot of times when it is a struggle to just get out of bed. After a long day of work, most people barely have the energy to eat, much less make their own food. Fast food solves that problem. You can order it and the most you have to do is give them the money and carry the food once it is finished. Easy peasy. Also, even if you aren't lazy, some people just can't cook. They burn water and cannot follow a recipe if their life depended on it.. For those people, fast food is literally the only option unless you live with someone who is willing to cook for you.

The final positive I have for fast food, is that it has everything for everybody. Most fast food places have at least one thing everybody can eat and, if not, it is almost gaurenteed that they is another not even ten minutes away that will have it. You never have to worry about them being out of food. Also, most fast food places, offer health options. Now, even show what food has what amount of calories. So, fast food is now trying to become healthy.

Now, onto the negatives. Obviously, the number one negative for fast food is that it is unhealthy. Fast food generally contains a lot of calories, carbs, fat, and sugar. It it is not great sustanence for the body. Eating nonstop fast food can lead to being overweight, diabeties, and other health problems. All of which are really bad. If you work out constantly, you can eat fast food and not gain weight. Yet, most people probably don't do that. Those that do work out that much, probably wouldn't eat a lot of fast food to begin with.

The problem with someone else making your food is that you have no idea how they are making it. You have no idea if they just went to the bathroom and then came and touched your food, without washing their hands. You have no idea if they just picked their nose or slobered all over your food. It is a repuslive thought and, the sad part is, that it is a possibility. You can only hope that their manager watches them enough and that the employees follow regulation or that they have enough common sense not to be disgusting. Yet, you can never know. Also, you can never know what they put in your food. Have you heard of mystery meet? It's still a mystery.

Did you ever wonder why fast food is so cheap. You know that resteraunts have to make a certain amount of money to pay for the building rent and wages for the employees. So, how can it be so cheap? Did you even think that it might be because the ingredients that they use are cheap? That means that you are ingesting food that is cheap and not good for you. You have no idea if it is good quality or not.

Also, fast food eliminates quality family time. Most of the time, whenever you eat fast food, it is when you are on the road, in a hurry, and not at home.

If you came onto this article hoping to find validation for whichever side you are on, I hope you found it. Yet, I also hope you realized that your side might not be 100% right. There are pros and cons to fast food. In my opinion, I feel that fast food in moderation and in the right circustances is great. I love some fast food whenever I have had a long day or when I only have twenty minutes to eat. Yet, I also love a nice home cooked meal on a Sunday. What do you think? Comment or submit and let us at turbulent20 hear what you have to say. We can't wait.

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