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?

With the speed of the modern

life style

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, people have resorted to

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convenience

foods

in

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recent years. While some people consider that the consumptions of

convenience

foods

has

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some

benefits

, others think

that is

harmful. In my opinion, I think the drawbacks of

convenience

foods

outweigh the

benefits

as I will explain in

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essay. Admittedly, there are advantages pertaining to

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convenience

foods

.

Firstly

, it is easy to prepare and saves

time

for those

wo

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who

leads

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a busy life.

For instance

, college students who live in dorms

depends

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heavily on

such

kind of

food

because they do not have the

time

to cook a meal and they rather prefer a meal that takes less

time

to prepare so they can have enough

time

to study.

Secondly

,

convenience

foods

are considered cheap compared to homemade

foods

.

In other words

, homemade

foods

require purchasing the ingredients separately, whereas

convenience

foods

are mostly pre-cooked meals.

Nevertheless

, despite the advantages above, I believe that readymade

foods

can bring about more harm than

benefits

. One problem is that it can cause health problems.

For example

, canned

food

contains preservatives that are the main contributory

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cancer.

In addition

to that, the high level of sugar that some of

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type of

food

contain

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may cause obesity, especially

children

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in children

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and

this

can result in diabetes in the long run. In conclusion, despite the merits associated with

this

trend, I think the health problems caused by the consumption of

such

food

are detrimental to the human body and outweigh any

benefits