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Cooking at home is a waste of time because there are so many convenient fast food options that make life less stressful. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Many people today feel that cooking
food
 at
home
 has become inessential due to the ubiquity of
fast
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food
 restaurants. In my opinion, the understandable appeal of fast
food
 does little to undermine the
health
 benefits of preparing your own meals. Fast
food
 is convenient.
This
 is evidenced through its popularity and is based on how quickly it can be purchased, its price, the fact you do not have to prepare it yourself and how easy it is to clean up afterwards. These incentives combine to entice the average worker, coming
home
 tired after a long day, that some burgers from McDonald’s or a pizza from Domino’s will not only make their lives easier and reduce their stress levels but
also
 help them cope with any personal problems. Given all these motivating factors, it is no surprise that many today have convinced themselves that cooking at
home
 is a waste of time. Regardless, the
above listed
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 reasons do not outweigh the
health
 risks of fast
food
 or the
health
 benefits of
home
-cooked meals. Fast
food
 has been shown, in numerous replicated studies over decades of research, to be one of the leading contributors to the risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. The alternative to fast
food
 is cooking at
home
.
This
 is not always healthy; it is perfectly possible to prepare an unhealthy meal by oneself.
However
,
home
 cooks have complete control over the ingredients and are not adding the preservatives or chemicals that are typically found in fast
food
. They are
instead
 more likely to serve fresh fruits and vegetables and be generally conscious of what goes into their body, thereby improving short and long-term
health
. In conclusion, fast
food
 is a naturally attractive time and stress saver that does not imply people should stop cooking at
home
. The
health
 benefits of
home
-cooking are crucial and
this
 is unlikely to change in the near future.
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