Is Fast Food Really That Bad?
March 25, 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
Let’s face it, we live in a fast food world. I really try to make dinner every night for my family on weeknights, but weekends are something different. Most of the time we try and cook at home, but every once in a while we just need to swing past a fast food joint and pick up something quick.
That’s why this article was of interest to me. In it, they give a grade to popular “sit down” fast food restaurants. (Places like Unos, Chilis, Outback, etc.) Not surprisingly, those places got very poor grades. (Most of them in the “D” range.)
The silver lining of this article came with this fact that places like McDonald’s actually scored fairly well (in the “B” range.) They’ve been trying to create more and more offerings that are actually good for people. It’s funny, those are truly the “fast food” type of places and they are doing a better job than the sit-down restaurants at providing healthy alternatives.
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Fast foods are easily obtained and plentiful, and usually easy on the pocket with 99-cent meals being widely available. But they are very unhealthy with high amounts of calories, saturated fats, salt, etc. They are also lacking in needed food groups like vegetables and fruits.
Very true. A lot of places also offer some healthier choices these days too. It’s a matter of choosing the right kind of meal when you eat out, but if places don’t even OFFER healthy meals, that’s when you really have a problem.