Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a packaged form for take-out or take-away.
Before fast foods were invented, people usually eat at home. All the foods were homemade and far healthier. Home cooked food uses fresh vegetables, unprocessed meat and no dangerous chemicals added. By this way, their children gain enough nutrients to grow up. Furthermore, healthy foods will lead to a healthy lifestyle and that make our body more resistance to disease.
Since the fast food was invented, obesity became more common especially among the children in U.S. Fast food also well known for its addictive. Nowadays, people getting busier and eating fast food save more time than eating self-cook food. Besides that, they can get their foods in an instant. The downside of fast food is especially high in fat content, and studies have found associations between fast food intake and increased body mass index (BMI) and weight gain. It was found that the people who consumed higher level of trans fat developed more abdominal fat than those who fed a diet rich in unsaturated fats.
In general, try to balance fast food with other nutritious foods throughout the day and make healthier choices whenever possible. There are many healthy food choices that are easily available, tasty, and don't cost very much that can be eaten on the go.
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When you said 'try to balance fast food with other nutritious foods' does it mean you are saying that it is alright to consume fast food?
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It's okay to eat fast food once in a while but not too frequent. Maybe once a month or two months.
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