You reach for fast food when you do not have time to fix anything else. You are hungry and you have to be somewhere else quickly, so you grab something fast to fill your belly and to give you a bit of energy to make it through the next activity. You reach for fast food because it cooks quickly and you can eat it quickly.
Fast food cooks fast and can be eaten fast because it has been stripped of its fiber. The fiber in food is what makes it take long to cook and eat. White rice cooks in 20 minutes and brown rice, which still has its fiber attached, takes 40 minutes to cook. Mother Nature created food with fiber for a number of reasons. Fiber makes you feel full so you do not eat too much, it reduces your cholesterol levels, and it takes impurities out of your intestines quickly. Fiber is necessary for proper elimination of waste and for colon health.
All foods come with fiber naturally. Have you ever eaten sugar cane? It is like eating sweet wood. In order to make cane sugar every bit of fiber is taken away. Sugar just melts on your tongue; unlike a piece of sugar cane, there is nothing to chew or digest. The body was not designed to eat foods stripped of their fiber. Fast foods can be eaten quickly because there is nothing to chew. Compare the amount of chewing necessary, and the level of fullness you feel, between white bread and whole wheat, between French fries and boiled potatoes with their skins on.
Fast food tastes good and it does serve a purpose on occasion, but that is the most important word---on occasion. As
Cooking is easier than you think and you and your family are worth the time and effort it takes.
Simple cooking idea: To save clean up, put aluminum foil on the burners you are not using. Grease will splatter on the foil and not on the stove.
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