Comparison and Contrast Essay

Healthy food vs. Fast food

Many years ago, people ate food that do not contains, preservatives; moreover, people used to spend a lot of time cooking their own food. Therefore those people did not have problems by the food that they ate, because all the food that they ate was natural and healthy. However, nowadays many people, particularly young people prefer to eat fast food such as hamburger, pizza or fried chicken. As we can see there are two kind of food: healthy food and fast food. One way to decide between fast food and healthy food is to compare them on important points.

Both Fast food and Healthy food are delicious. As we know, we have a large variety in foods, for example you can imagine a hamburger or salad fruits both are delicious. While fast food and healthy food can both are appealing, the healthiest way to eat is by preparing our own food.

It is important to mention that in spite of the only one similarity about this topic; we can find differences through three perspectives: cost convenience and health.

Although fast food is cheaper, you can save more money if you eat healthy food. Many parents feel that they can save money when they eat super sized trios of pizza; they believe that an S/.20 of pizza to feed four people may seem like a bargain. However, when you consider the fact that fast food is addictive and unhealthy, suddenly the money that you have saved turns into millions of soles, because many people spend a lot of money as result of many diseases produced by eating fast food. The truth is that eating healthy food is cheaper.

Fast food is more convenient than healthy food. Many people in our country work log hours for that reason, they do not have time to find ingredients or prepare good food, so fast food is good alternative because fast food is quicker to prepare or purchase than healthy food. So that you can save time depending on the lifestyle of the person has. In fact, fast food is convenient because it can be obtained quickly and easily.

Healthy food is nutrient-rich, but fast food tends to be nutrient-poor even it is high in calories. It is important to know that fast food can fulfill our daily caloric needs; nevertheless, it exceed with ingredients that are detrimental to our health. For example fast food is high in saturated fats and trans fats, also it has preservatives, chemicals, artificial colors and flavors. Fast food affects our health and cause dangerous diseases, such as obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure. On other hand, healthy food preserves and protects our body from diseases, because it contains vitamins proteins and minerals.

In conclusion, both fast food and healthy food have their pros and cons, so we have to choose the best option and it should be said that eating healthier is a life style and intelligent choice.