| Fast food statistics let us know that fast food | | | | a couple of times a month, and for some people, |
| can be an unhealthy option. A quickie burger is a | | | | never. |
| popular choice among people who don't want to | | | | Making Your Own Fast Meal |
| cook, or who are under time pressures and don't | | | | If you enjoy eating hamburgers once in awhile, |
| have time to cook. But instead of buying takeout | | | | the alternative is to make your own. Mix ½ |
| why not make your own fast meals at home? | | | | pound ground meat with ½ pound ground |
| What's in a Fast Meal? | | | | turkey. Add seasonings of your choice. Form into |
| Here is a quick statistic on a fast food meal. A | | | | patties and broil in the oven. Take two whole |
| cheeseburger, fries, and milkshake have around | | | | potatoes and wash and scrub thoroughly. Cut |
| 1,000 calories. About 17% percent of those | | | | potatoes into French fry wedges. Toss some |
| calories are from protein, which is not too bad. | | | | olive oil, sea salt and paprika on the potatoes and |
| But around 39% of those calories are from | | | | bake for 45 minutes at 400-degrees. |
| saturated fat and that's not good. And around | | | | Time Saving Tips |
| 44% are from refined carbohydrates, which is | | | | The rush, rush mentality of society has made |
| constipating and fattening. | | | | many people flock to the nearest fast food joint |
| Too much saturated fat in the diet causes high | | | | for meals. But there are healthy eating |
| levels of cholesterol in the blood and risk of heart | | | | alternatives. Here are a few tips: |
| disease. Children may quickly burn up calories | | | | If you live close to your work, simply go home |
| from fat in a typical fast food meal, but for most | | | | for lunch. If you don't have the luxury of working |
| adults those calories quickly turn to body fat and | | | | close to home, bring lunch to work with you. |
| cellulite. | | | | If you have to eat out, choose a salad bar, soup, |
| Nutrition of Fast Food | | | | or light sandwich. Bring your own salad dressing |
| A regular portion of fries has about 210 calories | | | | with you instead of using those fattening creamy |
| and 10 grams of fat. A 4-ounce hamburger, | | | | dressings. |
| without the cheese has around 420 calories and | | | | Have a well-stocked pantry at home full of |
| 20 grams of fat, plus a whopping 690 grams of | | | | healthful foods such as beans, brown rice, pasta |
| sodium! Yikes that is a lot of sodium for a small | | | | and other whole grains. When you cook, make |
| hamburger. A medium soft drink boasts about | | | | more than you will need and freeze the rest in |
| 210 calories and 50 of those calories are from | | | | individual servings for work or when you don't |
| sugar. | | | | feel like cooking. |
| Eating fast food is a convenient way to grab a | | | | Be prepared. Make lists of what you are going to |
| bite, but fast food in undeniably unhealthy in many | | | | eat throughout the week. On the night before |
| ways. Fast food does not have any fiber | | | | going to work do most of the prep work, so |
| whatsoever, which leads to constipation that can | | | | when you come home from work all you have to |
| later develop into colon cancer. The saturated fat | | | | do is cook the food. |
| content of fast food is not healthy for the heart. | | | | Cook in your crock-pot. The crock-pot does the |
| It's never a good idea to eat fast food more than | | | | cooking for you. |