Think you are in too much of a hurry to cook? Tempted to grab that fried chicken combo meal yet again to save time? Think again. Here are ten reasons you should avoid that burger and cook a great meal at home:
1. The Cost
The average cost for a fast food meal will range anywhere from $4 to $10, depending on the restaurant. Take even just that $4 and you could buy a pound of brown rice, a pound of beans, and a pound of frozen broccoli or other vegetable you prefer and make the equivalent of six meals. Spend one evening cooking it and have the rest for lunch for almost the entire week.
2. MSG
Monosodium glutamate is in almost all processed food and certainly in almost all fast food out there. All sorts of medical studies have revealed that MSG causes obesity, along with a lot of other nasty things. It's a chemical we should never put in our bodies, and yet it's something that is in virtually every processed food we buy. Free yourself from MSG by cooking from scratch at home.
3. Chemicals
All the techniques used to process food - canning, dehydrating and freezing - virtually destroy the flavor of food, so chemicals under the guise of "natural flavors" have been added to enhance the flavor, while color additives are added to make the foods look fresh. It might make the food look and taste better, but it's not doing much for our bodies.
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