College students completely understand the want to go out to eat and have a good time with friends. Well, just because that is what we want, that does not necessarily mean that it is the best choice. According to the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, if people decide to eat food from a restaurant at home, it is slightly healthier than if they eat fast food if they are not at home.
Many people my age, basically college students or young people with jobs, do not usually have a lot of time to cook, so they eat fast food a lot. Now, I know that most of you are probably thinking, "wouldn't it be cheaper to cook than to eat out?" Truth is, yes, it is cheaper, but it is also extremely inconvenient. I go to Troy University, which means that I am less than 5 minutes away from all of our fast food restaurants. Even though, fast food is absolutely terrible for us, it is extremely convenient for us.
Like I said earlier, according to a study, it is healthier to eat a restaurant's food at home rather than eating fast food. But regardless, it is more expensive to eat out and it is also more unhealthy to eat out than to cook and at at home.
When you constantly eat out, like all of us college students, you begin to quickly carry the "freshman 15" except it is more like the "college 40". Obesity begins to put a toll on your body and then you realize that it is time to start planning a wedding or get fit again for your new job.
In conclusion, even though it is more convenient for people to eat out all of the time, it is destroying our bodies and helping America's obesity rate increase drastically. So instead of eating out like we all do, we need to begin to find time to cook more often. Even if it is a simple, quick and easy meal, we should stop eating out and start thinking about what it is going to do to our bodies in the long run.
No comments:
Post a Comment