2010-08-18, 19:51 | Link #21 |
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I like fast food. I also don't mind my own cooking. Really depends, can't cook in the car now can I? So I think fast food is good at times and an indulgence at others.
Cooking at home? Well... I can procrastinate and I tend to be lazy in a back and forth manner. Home cooking is fine, I suppose... or maybe not. Whichever. Honestly? I love fast food. Little Caeser's Pizza is the place for me. I love bread and the pizza. ....I'm hungry for it now. Curses. |
2010-08-18, 20:07 | Link #22 |
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I like fast food, because I can get really high and get 20 cheeseburgers from Jack in the Box for like $15 at 3 a.m., but I can't just start cooking in my house at 3 a.m. or I will wake up everyone, and then they want my food.
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2010-08-18, 21:50 | Link #23 |
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: New England
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I got sick of fast food over the years. I agree, home cooking ftw. Quick Service restaurants are a significant step up from fast food, at least (for example, Panera Bread, Au Bon Pain, and Chipolte).
But home cooking is great. It isn't hard to become an acceptable cook, you could say. You don't have to become a chef to be able to do good home cooking. Earlier this year I stopped eating out from fast food places and the like almost completely. It was a drastic cut back. I did this to save money, and I ended up losing ten or so pounds in the process! I also drink less soda. Something that is good is to buy some fruit juice that has sugar and no HFCS, and then buy bottles of seltzer (I go with orange flavored seltzer) and mix them half and half in a cup. Kind of like drinking soda, but no HFCS and less calories. And it tastes good. Recently I made stuffed cabbage. Came out really good. When it is fall time, I'll be sure to make more of this vegetable soup that I make that is great tasting. I'm starting to become a decent cook and I want to continue to get better.
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2010-08-18, 22:24 | Link #24 |
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I dont care if it fast food or a home cooked meal food is food to me but I like eating at home it cost far less then ordering it off a menu. I cant get 2 or 3 meals at home then getting a number 11 at burger king
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2010-08-19, 02:52 | Link #25 |
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: UK
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I don't like fast food, healthy stuff just tastes so much better. Cooking's easy to get used to, and doesn't take that long unless it's something special or whatever. I mean, some pasta only takes around ten minutes. No need to be lazy! Except I'm a hypocrite and often 'forget' to eat because I can't be bothered when we've run out of easy to do things.
I stock up on tins of vegetable soup for when I'm feeling lazy - 3 minutes in a pan and done! Or just feel like soup, it's gorgeous and healthy, so win-win. |
2010-08-19, 10:45 | Link #27 |
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Japan/Canada
Age: 39
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People from home always ask me "why are the Japanese so skinny?"
The answer is really simple - the vast majority of the population eats home cooked meals. Why? Because a majority of the female population works as homemakers or stay-at-home moms. Additionally, exercise is a party of daily life here. People cycle to work or to the train station, all the kids play sports and have gym class, etc. etc. Different cultural expectations, different results. If America wants to tackle it's obesity problem the answer lies in the basic structure of their daily life. The Japanese eat fast food too, but not nearly to the extent that we do.
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2010-08-19, 11:29 | Link #28 |
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It's more their diet than anything. Even when you look at American home cooking--especially Southern food--it's very fattening. Americans eat more meat than any other country except perhaps France (and the French have a lower obesity rate, too... wtf?)
I think it's not so much fat intake as it is fake chemical crap intake. Americans just eat too much processed food (and I say this while snacking on junk food... shut up, I'm poor). Which is actually another good point. Healthy food is expensive, junk is cheap, the economy is bad, people are unemployed and broke. Do the math.
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2010-08-19, 11:32 | Link #29 | |
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2010-08-19, 11:42 | Link #30 | |
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The French don't sit down to pound back three square a day in fifteen minutes per meal, with heavy snacking in between. You sit down and you take a while to eat. It's a social occasion, and since there's something to do other than just eat, you tend to pace yourself more, facilitating better digestion and a full-stomach-response that actually corresponds to your stomach's fullness.
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2010-08-19, 11:47 | Link #32 | |
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2010-08-19, 11:54 | Link #33 | |
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Fat in and of itself is necessary, yes. Carbohydrates have a higher caloric density per gram than fat, yes. Lean cuts of meat are good to an extent, yes. Conversely, the body doesn't treat all fat equally. The average American gets exposed to difficult-to-process Trans Fats as well as much higher concentrations of Saturated Fat than the body has a use for. As far as lean cuts of meat go, those aren't really what gets used most. Why? Because fat provides some of the more robust flavoring for meat. Additionally, meat is good for the body assuming that it is taken in with the proper proportion of soluble fibers to aid in the digestive process. Even those Americans who don't eat too much fatty meat are still suffering because they don't get sufficient fiber.
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2010-08-19, 12:08 | Link #34 | |
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Meat - even with the fat - is a staple of human evolution. It can be substituted healthily by conscientious vegetarians/vegans but for the average Joe meat, with its massive amount of minerals, vitamins, protein, and fats is the mainframe of the human diet. I advise people to eat "paleolithically" - eat like a caveman, because that is how our bodies are programmed. |
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2010-08-19, 12:25 | Link #35 | |
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2010-08-19, 12:28 | Link #36 |
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Oh of course I agree with that as well. It is all part of the paleolithic diet. Meat, vegetables, nuts, limited fruits, etc - things that our ancient ancestors ate tend to be the best choice, even in the modern world. Not only that, but greens, especially cruciferous vegetables are very useful in regulating hormone levels (cut back on excess estrogen, keeps androgen healthy).
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2010-08-19, 17:17 | Link #38 | |
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2010-08-19, 18:12 | Link #40 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Northern VA
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BZZZZZZZZZT wrong, hate to burst your bubble, but income has less to do with obesity than you'd think. Granted, the "cheap" foods are less healthy for you than, say, hitting the Farmer's Market, but there are a *LOT* of obese people in middle & upper tier pay tiers.
It's also most certainly NOT just an issue in the US, considering Mexico & the UK (and Austrailia, if I recall rightly) are catching up in terms of % of obese population.
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