Studies have found that preparing your own food is usually healthier and less expensive than buying fast food. But most people just don't have the time.
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Fast food is popular because it's convenient, it's cheap, and it tastes good. But the real cost of eating fast food never appears on the menu.
A whole set of values comes with fast food: Everything should be fast, cheap and easy; there's always more where that came from; there are no seasons; you shouldn't be paid very much for preparing food. It's uniformity and a lack of connection.
The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.
The idea behind fast food is great - people want convenience.
Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!
I love fast food, but you have to try to eat healthy.
To eat well, you either have to invest money or time. If you can put in some time, the raw ingredients are not that expensive. You can eat extremely well on a budget.
Usually, cheap food is not nutritious. You're feeding people, but you're not really feeding people something that is good for them.
I can pretty much live without fast food. I haven't eaten McDonald's in so long, but it's okay.
It's not just a matter of poor willpower on the part of the consumer and a give-the-people-what-they-want attitude on the part of the food manufacturers. What I found, over four years of research and reporting, was a conscious effort... to get people hooked on foods that are convenient and inexpensive.
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