eliminating fast food

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Eliminating Fast Food Restaurant

The people in the globe are busy nowadays because of their busy schedule. Therefore,

they do not have enough time for preparing their food or to cook healthy and homely food.

According to Merriam-Webster, encyclopedia, fast food is, "designed for ready availability"

(Merriam-Webster, 2012). However, there is wide arguments that fast are not good for the

body. This paper is talk about the elimination of fast food restaurant due to the reasons are

those, fast food contains fatty ingredients that make the individuals fat and addicted, it does

not have appropriate balancing proteins .

Fast food contains fatty ingredients that make the individuals fat and addicted. Once

the individual eats from a fast food restaurant, he or she has the tendency to consume it again

due to the taste. For making the food tastier, they had to add more oil and fatty oils which

have high health to the human body especially for children. As per the New Scientist, "Fats

and simple sugars can act on the brain in the same way as nicotine and heroin" (New

Scientist, 2003). This, that the regular consumption of fast food can be similar to consuming

drugs.

Fast food does not have appropriate balancing proteins. Even though fast food are

considered to be containing more nutritious, it is often seen that they contain more that the

accepted levels in the human body. According to Elizabeth M. Ward, "fast foods we chose

had to have the highest levels of protein (and fiber, when possible) and the fewest grams of

processed carbs, sodium, and fat" (Ward, 2005).

On the other hand, there are advantages for the consumption fast food. Nowadays the

society has in a busy and has lot of things to do. Its ha rd to find time to cook a meal. A

benefit of fast food is its convenience. Despite what time you are hungry, or where you are,

there's almost certainly you can find a fast food restaurant. According to Bruce Horovitz,


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Schlosser, E. (2001, January 17). Why McDonalds fries taste so good. Retrieved from

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Ward, E. M. (2005, August). Fast food as fuel. Retrieved from

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