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?

The popularity of ready-made foods has helped individuals to keep up with the pace of modern lifestyle. In

this

21st century, most people do two or three jobs involving a lot of man hours with little break

time

to eat

food

. To meet up with

this

modern life work demand, fast

food

is preferred to the stress of making home-made foods.

This

creates more

time

for other things and gives ample

time

that could be used for other things like leisure.

However

, maintaining

this

trend can be costly and over

time

could expose one to unhealthy eating habit. In my opinion, I think the disadvantages of fast foods outweighs the

convenience

it gives to its consumers.

First

, sustaining

convenience

food

lifestyle could be expensive. Most people spend twice the amount used to prepare a home-made

food

that would

last

for a week in a couple of days.

This

cost could vary based on the content of the package. A Prepacked rice, protein, salad and a bottle of water would cost much more than a Prepacked rice only.

Secondly

, ready-made foods can be a risk factor to obesity and cardiac diseases. A lot of fast

food

is made up of carbohydrate, fats and oil.

This

makes most

convenience

diets unbalanced, sometimes insatiable and may be consumed in large quantities. For individuals with a sedentary lifestyle, the impact on health will be more and could lead to cardiac arrest and death.

Finally

, I think the negative consequences of fast foods on human health are far more detrimental to be overlooked.

Therefore

, I strongly recommend the practice of

convenience

dieting should be moderated or completely avoided.