The rise of convenience foods has helped people keep up with the speed of the modern life style. What are the advantages of this trend? Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Many people argue that the growth of convenience foods has assisted them to be at the same pace as the modern lifestyle. In my opinion,
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there are few benefits of it
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as it requires less preparation
time
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and is a low-cost
food
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, the drawbacks that it has a more detrimental effect on our health outweighs the advantages. One of the main pros of convenience foods is that it is extremely quick to prepare, requiring no
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longer
lengthy
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, marination of the meat or resting the dough.
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, the
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, in the big factories, is prepared in
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a manner that it is almost ready to eat and simply requires to be either fried or heated in some cases.
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, ready to eat pasta needs to be added to warm water and stirred for a few minutes, before it ready to be consumed, helping people save
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in cooking
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so that they can dedicate their
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in other chores. The
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major benefit is that it has a
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low-cost, value
, which makes it an ideal modern-day
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. Since the
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is prepared in big factories in huge amounts, it is comparatively cheaper than
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the food
available in restaurants.
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, ready to eat pasta may cost almost one-
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of what it may cost in a restaurant. Another benefit is that it can be preserved for a longer period.
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, these preservatives have a negative effect on our health, making it not advisable to be consumed regularly. In conclusion, despite being cheap and requiring less preparation
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, the convenience
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contains harmful preservatives,
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I believe the advantages do not outweigh the disadvantages.

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