A fast food restaurant is a specified kind of restaurant that is characterized by its quick service and minimal table service. This kind of restaurant concept is developed as the modern civilization development. According to www.wisegeek.com/what-was-the-first-fast-food-restaurant.htm, the first modern fast food restaurant was built in 1916 called The White Castle in Wichita, Kansas. After that, a numerous number of fast food restaurant were built, and some of them still became the most favorite restaurant until know, such as McDonald’s and Burger King. Fast food restaurants are very popular throughout the world; we can even find Burger King Truck Trailer in Afghanistan near the American’s soldiers’ camp. There are several reasons why fast food is really popular and become world’s most favorite meals, firstly because it’s inexpensive price, secondly because it’s simpler the live of urban people, last but not least is of course because it’s tasty taste.
Thereupon the inexpensive price of menu is one of the reasons why fast foods become really popular. With just Rp.15.000, for example, you can get a complete meal consists rice, a fried chicken and a glass of cola in McDonald’s. It is so affordable that almost everyone from every stratum can buy it; from students that just have a little amount of money to workers that are highly paid can buy it. What makes it very affordable is that the minimal table service concept. A fast food restaurant doesn’t need to hire a lot of employees to be waitresses. Furthermore, it doesn’t have to provide dishes and other cutleries.
In addition to theirs’ inexpensive price, their quick service is another reason why do people love fast food restaurants. People who live in big cities tend to be always busy and have a hectic chaotic kind of life. With service that is less than 10 minutes per order, they don’t have to waste our time to queue. And with its ready-to-eat food called “on-the go food”, busy people don’t have to worries about spending their time to sit and eat at some restaurants, because its packaging will allow them to eat without them has to take a seat, they can eat along their way. The other quick service that fast food restaurants often offer to their consumer is the drive-thru service. Where people doesn’t have to get out and park their car first to order a meal. We can easily order from our car.
Last but not least, taste is everything that counts for food. Fast food meals have a taste that most people would love. That is why it becomes very popular and being loved because it is very tasty. Working mothers that are very busy don’t have to worry to feed their family and get busy in the kitchen to cook meals that everyone in the house would love. They just have to go to some local fast food restaurant and buy meals for their family there.
Despite their popularity, some might say that fast food restaurants are the one who blamed for health issues in many big cities. In United States for example fast food restaurants are claimed as the one whom are responsible for the increase of teenage obesity. Well, it is right actually. Fast food restaurants have change big cities’ people eating habit into the unhealthier eating habit.
Despite their popularity, some might say that fast food restaurants are the one who blamed for health issues in many big cities. In United States for example fast food restaurants are claimed as the one whom are responsible for the increase of teenage obesity. Well, it is right actually. Fast food restaurants have change big cities’ people eating habit into the unhealthier eating habit.
Fast foods are not supposed to be some kind of everyday meals since they are cocked so fast and have inexpensive price. It means they are also cooked with low quality ingredients that are not proper for suitable diet procedures. In other words they are nutritionally imbalanced. Eating fast food in regular basis will cause health problems in the long run. Fast food is loaded with calories from refined sugar and fats. It also has a high number of sodium and lack of dietary fiber. Moreover it doesn’t give our body the right amount of micronutrients like mineral and vitamins. It will increase your blood pressure and sugar in your body.
Eating too much fast food will change you into someone with a bad physical condition. Fast food’s fat will pill up unused empty calories and turn into body fat. One day you look yourself in the mirror that you have gain a lot more fat and weight. Worst of this entire weight problem if you do not deal with it as quickly as possible will drives you into a much more horrible problems called obesity. Obesity is like an open gate for any others deadly diseases like hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, and even many types of cancers.
In order to get ourselves far from all those scary diseases and risks, all we have to do is to start changing our eating habit. Well, it might not be easy, but there is nothing wrong with give it a try. Starts reduce the frequency of eating fast food and eats home-cooked food more. It doesn’t mean that you can have any fast foods anymore, you can still enjoy the tasty taste of fast food, but with condition you don’t eat it more than twice a month. Even so, the healthier eating habit would still be balanced with a healthier way of life; we still need to do some exercises to construct healthier body and mind. So, what are you waiting for? Start your healthy life from now on.
Oh how I still cannot resist the tempatation of fastfood.. sluuurrppp
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