LIFE BEFORE AND AFTER THE INVENTION OF FAST FOOD

In 1902, ready-made meals were sold in coin-operated machine in a cafe called Horn&Hardart's Automat in Philadelphia,and then,ten years later in New York.This was the beginning of modern fast food.Started in 1948,McDonald's is the biggest fast-food restaurant chain ever,selling a limited menu of cheap and quick food.Invention of fast food brings a lot of changes in our life.

The most obvious advantage of fast foods is it save time.Before fast foods are invented,people need to buy a lot of ingredients to cook.They need to go to market and prepare very early to make sure that the food can be served on time,but now,things change.The simple preparation of fast foods helps a lot as life nowadays is too busy and hectic.Therefore,ones can spend their time on other activities instead of wasting their time to prepare meals.The invention of fast foods lead to construction of many fast food restaurants and outlets.As a result,more job vacancies are available such as waiters and cashiers.

Invention of fast food also gives us many disadvantages.Lifestyle before the existence of fast food is far healthier.Before,mothers use fresh vegetables and unprocessed meat to prepare their meals.By this way,their children gain enough nutrients to maintain their health.Meanwhile,most of fast foods nowadays have lost their origin nutrients due to freezing and pasteurization.Furthermore,usually many preservatives and colourings are used to enhance their taste and appearance which can harm our health.

Presence of unsaturated fat and high cholesterol content in fast foods worsen this situation.Excessive cholesterol will be stored in a form of fat under human skin.This lead to overweight and obesity.Furthermore,as unsaturated fat cannot be digested by human body, it may get stuck in blood capillaries and cause hypertension,heart attack,and even stroke.Automatically,people that live before invention of fast food has longer life span.

In addition,besides causing higher dumping of rubbish and littering of plastics and polystyrene,fast food costs more than cooked food.For instance,we can buy many types of fresh foods using the same amount of money we use to buy an instant pizza.

In a nutshell,fast foods might benefit us, but it give more harm to our life.Taking longer time to cook food is far better than to have shorter life span.Think about it....