is it bad always eating in fast food restaurant?

Philippines
April 9, 2010 2:46am CST
i have a friend who is a nurse, i told her my eating habit that after school i eat in either Mcdonalds or Jollibbee, she told me that always eating in this kind of restaurant can lessen my stay here in the world, she even told me that i will not get any nutrients from this fast food restaurant, will i believe her? what is your stand about this? share to me your idea, thanks
12 responses
@kprofgames (3091)
• United States
9 Apr 10
Yes your friend is right. Fast food is loaded with empty caleries and high in saturated fats and sodium. I watched this show about this poor man that weighted 400 lbs and he lived on fast food. He was taken to a hospital and they said he was actually suffering from malnutition because of his diet of fast food. Our bodies need balance, which includes fiber. Alot of later life complications like diverticulosis is from years of a low fiber diet. Our bodies are designed to heal themselves, but when you deprive your body of what it needs then you start to get a break down of on going problems. What you do in your 20's will effect you in your 40's. High blood pressure, high choesterol, even later life diabities all are linked to eating habbits when we are younger.
1 person likes this
• United States
9 Apr 10
I noticed that you are from the Philippines so might add that genetically high cholesterol is common because of genetic make up. Some ailments come from our genes. I am a slim woman but have had high cholesterol for several years. As do my parents and my siblings. Knowing your family history now, and doing the proper diet will make a big difference for you 20 years down the road.
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
yes i am, how about you are you also living here in the Philippines? i actually dont have balanced diet, hehe im also thin
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
thank you very much to your reply you really made me understand what is the real effect of my habit, thank you so much
@saanjh (784)
• India
9 Apr 10
I think she is right because it's very to daily eat in restaurant it can be a reason of your big diseases so please be careful.
1 person likes this
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
i wonder what kind of disease me i get if i will not stop my habit, but i think its not bad after all because i just eat there at fast food restaurant after school and i also eat at home, thanks for your idea!
• Philippines
11 Apr 10
i think you very much right, i will consider you suggestion and maybe i can prevent such disease and one problem that i need to control is my habit eating in this kind of restaurant thanks a lot my friend
@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
9 Apr 10
If you order a child's chicken sandwich or a child's hamburger with no sauce a salad with no dressing and an orange juice, you will be fine. McDonald's has many healthy choices to offer. I always get the kids meals. I always order real orange juice. It's healthy. The fry's aren't exactly healthy, but a kids fry is really small and not bad for a once in a while thing. The kids fry's are what their normal fries were when I was a kid. McDonald's regular fry's are the size that large used to be.
• Israel
10 Apr 10
I never drink Coke. Coke is not healthy. If you have a choice of orange or pineapple, both are healthy. We only have 2 juice choices too. Orange or lemon. Since lemon-aide has sugar in it, I don't choose it. Some McDonald's have bottled water. Some have milk. Some have cans of nectar type juice. You don't have to pick coke. Preservatives are everywhere. You can eat almost anywhere if you make good healthy choices from the menu.
• Philippines
10 Apr 10
really? i think is that this food becomes bad to our body because of so many preservatives added onto it, i always drink coca cola when im in Mcdo, i think they dont have much juices here in the Philippines, only two kinds of juice orange and pineapple hehe, thanks for the response
• Philippines
11 Apr 10
here in the Philippines they don't have bottled water, you will just ask to the counter water and they will give it to you for free, and also they don't have milk.
@siliguri (4241)
• India
9 Apr 10
Eating fast food always is bad for health...but one eat fast food very often might be not so harmful for health...In science this food called junk food because of its harmful effect to ones health..So it is better to have a food of home only...
1 person likes this
@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
Yeah your friend have a point those fastfood restaurants are offering food that have low nutrient content.Not to mention lots of bad cholesterol too im pretty sure you will be having lots of complications if you eat those kinds of food most of the time. You should be eating more fruits and vegetables instead to make you healthier and make your immune system work properly too . ;)
@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
10 Apr 10
Try to take it in moderation if you really cant resist eating on fastfood just make sure that you will be eating some other healthy foods too and as much as possible lessfat foods too. To somewhat lessen the bad effects of these bad foods
• Philippines
10 Apr 10
i will try to avoid it, hehe, but not 100% avoidance maybe 40% hehe, love eating this food hehe
• Philippines
10 Apr 10
i will do all your suggestion but sometimes i cant resist, like this morning i eat Mcdonalds Fried Chicken w/ rice which my father bought last night
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
Your friend is right. You don't get all the food groups in these places. The worst part about these fast food chains : YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS IN IT. Home cooked food is always best. Ever wondered why they made the movie : "Supersize Me"? It was to inform people about the effects of these fast food chains.
1 person likes this
@ifa225 (14364)
• Indonesia
9 Apr 10
your friend is true. The fast food contain much fat and cholesterol. If you eat it everyday, it could cause heart attack and cancer and stroke and so on. We should not it everyday, adds some fruit and vegetables to your daily intake.
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
oh i dont want to have that kind of disease i certainly do all your suggestions guys, thank you so much, i learn a lot here
@ypyanyan (956)
• China
12 Apr 10
you should believe her . she is all right . you get any nutrients from this fast food restaurant , you will lessen your stau here in the world . we should not take meal from fast food restaurant . I love this kind of food very much . but I seldom enter this kind of restaurant
• Philippines
12 Apr 10
i guess i would avoid now eating in this restaurant, maybe a little i will still eat there but not as my regular habit
@lexx87 (1707)
• Mexico
10 Apr 10
Very bad if u eat fast food , more if u eat "always" this kind of fast food. I hope you are working out , and making cardio because you are eatin very unhealthy . You are just eating carbohidrates, low proteins , and lots of fat, and very low vitamins.
• Philippines
10 Apr 10
thanks for your response, i certainly try to lessen my eating habit in this kind of restaurant
• India
9 Apr 10
Fast food restaurents are ment for fast moving people who doesnt find time to prepare and have their food. But then in this fast moving world everyone at one time or the other would have come across it in their life. But if consumed daily then we too will surely leave this world fastly as that food may lack enough Nutritions that are needed for a body. Instead eat a fruit rich in nutrition which are fast to eat.
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
yes your right i also observed that, many people here whose work start from 8 am in the morning have their breakfast in fast food restaurant or have to buy it through drive tru system, i also observe that this people who always do it become so fat/ or should i say gain weight after a month
• Indonesia
9 Apr 10
of course it's right. it is known that fast food is not good for the human body. it has a very little nutrients, and there are some substances that can be dangerous for long run. i really think you should stop this habit.
• Philippines
10 Apr 10
i will definitely stop this habit, i will try all my best to avoid eating so much fast food food, i must now start a good diet, thanks for your response
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
Yes, I do agree with your friend because my Mom also told me the same thing.
• Philippines
9 Apr 10
my mom also tell me to stop eating so much fast foods, because it will not cause a good effect in my body, but i can't help to eat there specially after school, it just become my habit hehe, thanks for the response