Fast food and home-cooked meals

Fast food and home-cooked meals

Modern times People would like to eat fast food almost daily. They are so busy and it is so convenient to eat any time. Anyway, those people like to eat fast food without paying attention to their health. Someone says that it is not bad for health to eat fast food. However, modern times so many people are getting fatter, have diseases such as cancer. My wife and I have been talking about which food is better for health for the past 5 years. Because we have paid attention to our health when we became 40, we thought and discussed for a long time. Therefore, we have found many differences between fast food and home-cooked meals. I will share some of our discussion to show the differences.

First, we thought about the amount of salt fast food contain. Some people like to eat food salty; on the other hand, other people like to eat food slightly salty. However, Most people like to eat salty food. Usually salty food let people think that the food is delicious. Therefore, fast food sellers make food which is salty for their profit not for human’s health. People know that salt is not good for human beings, but they still eat it to satisfy their hunger. Many doctors and scholars proved and said that salt is not good for human beings, and it contributes to many kinds of diseases. But, people eat salty food with no or pay little attention.

Second, fast food is spicier than home-cooked meals. People like to eat spicy food because spiced food is enhanced taste. Especially hot pepper spiced food attracts people to eat food and capture people’s mind. Therefore, people like to eat spiced food, and many kinds of spices are not good for our health, too. It hurts the stomach, colon. Many Korean people really like to hot pepper spicy food daily life, and as a Korean, I enjoy spicy food for a long time. So, we have inflammation of the stomach.

Finally, fast food is so high in calories and has low quality fat, therefore, it is expensive to maintain a good and health lifestyle. Selling at a low price, fast food makers use high calorie and low quality fat. Therefore, most fast food has more high calorie ingredients than low calorie food like vegetable. High calorie food make us gain weight. But, home-cooked meals contain mostly low calorie food. Because housewife(or husband) pays attention to their family`s health, he/she cooks low calorie food. Fatness occurs in all kinds of diseases such as glucosuria.

In the end, my wife and I decided that we will eat home-cooked meals as possible as we can choose for our health. Fast food gives us convenience to eat at anytime, especially at very busy times. Sometimes to eat fast food is much cheaper, and gives us a simpler lifestyle. It is sometimes difficult to prepare home-cooked meals. However, when we think about our health and future of growing children, we will not eat fast food. When we are healthy, we have to protect our health. The choice is ours.