Why is 'fast-food' bad for us?

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Why is fast-food so bad? Larry’s kid (an online friend) might find this to be the most idiotic question ever. Even a kid knows why we should avoid fast-food. It is like an infection, spreading throughout communities.

The rude vendor in those parks have nothing nothing to be ashamed of. Nobody can blame him. His is only doing his job. But the guy who silently eats the fifth ‘hot-dog,’ he is the one we must blame.

What makes these things dangerous?


In two words, it is not dangerous. Can we blame a single parent who juggles his professional lives, kids and the mortgage payment for eating from the fast-food? No. It’s a means to a noble end. Many of us have no other choice but to depend upon them.

What makes it dangerous? A geeky classmate might say: “recent studies show that fast-food items are loaded with calories, salt and refined sugar that could reconfigure the hormones in our body to make us crave for them. We would become fast-food addicts. It’s a new form of addiction.”

We live in interesting times. If I were to ask to my neighbor’s kid Anthony about cholesterol, he would probably freak out. What if I showed to him the amount of cholesterol in those meat-rolls he eats? These food items are notorious for its high energy level (about 65 percent higher than normal food items!)

What’s more? The trans-fat and high levels of sodium (in salt) would give us a heart attack and high blood pressure levels. The signature of modern life-sedentary lifestyle-makes it even worse. Clogged arteries, high blood pressure and cholesterol, what more do we need?

Is there a cure to fast-food lifestyle?


There needs to be a balance, that is subtle and effective in dealing with one’s pleasure and the need to control that pleasure. How can anyone ignore a fast-food restaurant when they have to get to work and drop off their kids at school, with an empty stomach?

We must find the magic combination that works perfect for us, without ending up with a heart disease. How did my online buddy (you) deal with this?