Healthy Food Vs Unhealthy Food

While everyone generally knows that fast food is not good for their health, however people still eat it for various reasons. Most people that buy fast food have low incomes, are uneducated, and/or are people just trying to save a couple of bucks. Most people trying to save money are buying fast food and it is costing their health in the long run. This will eventually end up costing people even more money.

For many years fast food has made a huge impact on people's lives causing many serious problems. However, there are ways to make healthier decisions when choosing what to eat. In this paper, all of the problems that come along with eating fast food will be discussed, as well as the ways to help these problems.

While most people generally know that fast food is not good for their health, they still eat it for various reasons. Most people that buy fast food are low income, uneducated, and/or are people just trying to save a couple of bucks. However, the people trying to save money by buying fast food will eventually end up spending more money from the cost of doctor 's visits, medicine, etc.

Wake up look at what the fast food industry is causing and how it is affecting many people and especially teens and kids. The fast food industry has become very clever throughout the years, making us eat more with their special deals and bigger serving sizes. These companies are getting worse and worse and it will keep happening if nothing against this process is done. Various factors have changed since the 70s to the present day such as changes in serving size and proportions causing excessive consumptions of these foods. Thanks to the so ever convenient and cheap prices of these foods compared to the prices of healthy foods like fresh produce used to make homemade food that are healthier than fast food junk. Ever since

Obesity has dangerously increased over the years. Its consequences can be fatal for the human immune system. Some of the complications of overweight are: heart disease, diabetes, malnutrition, cancer, and even death. However, the cost of healthy food is twice or three times more than the price of junk food. Everywhere healthy options are more expensive, even water costs more than sodas. Making healthier food more affordable, will contribute to having healthier population. I think healthy food options should be more affordable because cheaper prices for junk food promotes obesity and other severe health issues, and families with low income can’t afford the costs of a healthy lifestyle.

Some people that buy from fast food restaurants are too busy to eat healthier meals while others are too lazy to cook. So these people don't look at nutrient facts and say as long as it taste good and it’s cheap it’s good. Fast food restaurants have high calorie food and they don't have that many healthy meals.

If you need something quick for on the go, you can just stop by at a fast-food place and get something cheap to eat. There are fast-food chains around most corners, so you don’t have to waste much gas on driving there. However, there are some risks to this tasty food chain. For example, the animals are treated inhumanely.

A major reason I agree with the thesis is because of the cost of food with junk food being higher than store bought food. Working as an overnight stocker at a grocery store, I personally see all the different prices of all of the food. Being able to see the prices of everything gives me an idea of how much it would actually cost to eat at home and make a home cooked meal. Another reason I agree is because of the difference in nutrition in junk food and home cooked meals. As a child my mom would bring home MacDonald’s as a dinner just to feed us. The result of this was me being an overweight child and having many health issues. The nutrition in chicken and vegetables would have been healthier than hyperprocessed foods such as MacDonald’s. The finale reason is with the amount of food received from a home cooked meal and fast food. If my mom would’ve taken the time to shop at a grocery store for home cooked meals instead of fast food the portion and nutrition of the meals could’ve been more for less as bittman proves in his article. As a child I didn’t really understand portion size and limiting myself on bad foods all the time. If I was shown the difference in portions and nutrition when I was younger my physical health could have been a lot

Fast food might be easy and cheap but people do not realize how harmful the food is for their bodies. The problem is the food that is served at these types of restaurants, especially McDonalds, are high in fat, salt, processed, and can have harmful ingredients included in the food. While home cooked food takes time to plan and make people know what they are eating, that isn’t the case at McDonalds: “McDonald’s burgers retain its fresh appearance for a very long time. This can easily fool customers who do not have a hint of this alteration in their burgers. The use of excessive preservatives is harmful for your health which McDonalds seems to overlook for gaining more and more

Recently, dietitians, the Congress, nutritionists, and the authors of some of the articles we have read have tried to fight against obesity; the results discovered are that we cannot fight the obesity war by ourselves; we need to include our society, the food literature, put labels with nutritional values on food, and we even need the media to change how we see fast-food. In some of the articles we have encountered, we learn that we should also change the cultural view of the food we eat. Food is not seen as part of nourishment for our bodies anymore and according to society food can be classified either as good or bad depending on what the latest diet and the influence we receive from the experts on the subject opinions.

Fast food is cheaper than healthy food. Studies show that 20 % of people with lower income spend $1,099 eating out and spend $2,448 when they eat at home. Twenty percent of people that are middle class spend $2,125 eating out and spend $3,496 when they eat at home. Twenty percent of higher class people spend $5,828 when they eat at home and spend $5,163 when eat out. Unhealthy food is $550 cheaper per year. “The fact that junk food is cheaper than real food has become a reflexive part of how we explain why so many Americans are overweight, particularly those with lower incomes.” (Harlan 2011)

Many people make the assumption that its more expensive to eat healthily, and that's simply not the case. It just depends what you buy, and wear. Kale, for example, is usually just 1-2 bucks, and one can make it last several meals. There's a lot more to learn about this great vegetable that is on many people's minds. Stay tuned for the second part of the article, which is coming

IN the movie we see how some families rather eat out from a fast food chain or just buy chips and soda thinking it is cheaper. There was an example on the movie where a meal bought from a fast food chain was actually more expensive ($25-$26) vs a healthy meal composed of vegetables, water and some protein that could only cost you about $13-$15 .Results showed that much healthier diets cost, on average, only $1.50 more per day, a small price in comparison to both the health benefits and the savings in health costs (hsph.harvard.edu, 2018). Preparing your own food rather than eating at fast food chains (unhealthy places) allows you not only to eat healthy, but to also save some coins. Overall, they are just trying to tell us that highly processed tend to make us hungrier because they send your blood sugar spiking and subsequently crashing, leading to increased appetite even after you’ve eaten. On the other hand, healthier foods tend to satisfy your appetite more eating

While most people generally know that fast food is not good for their health, they still eat it for various reasons. Most people that buy fast food are low income, uneducated, and/or are people just trying to save a couple of bucks. However, the people trying to save money by buying fast food, will eventually end up spending more money from the cost of doctor 's visits, medicine, etc.

Almost all food served at fast food restaurants has an extremely high fat and calorie content and lacks nutritional value.