StephenSa

I used to eat delivery pizza, giant double cheesburgers, fries, you know all the crap you aren't supposed to eat but taste good and are quick, cheap and easy. I finally got tired of feeling bad all the time so I make my food for the week on Sunday, freeze it and can eat healthy every day pretty simply and still cheaply. I lost fifty pounds after I left the junk behind so I firmly believe cooking healthy food at home is the way to go. There are many other reasons to avoid fast food though. The fast food corporations treat their workers deplorably and have altered the way beef, poultry and potatos are produced and processed in America. Fast food has forced farmers to go broke, cattlemen to lose their ranches and the average poultry breeder makes about $12,000 dollars a year and ends up leaving the business in three years broke and in deep debt. Workers in slaughterhouses and processing plants work in horrible conditions, are often injured and then denied assistance by the company when they can't return immediatly to work. The foods taste good because a chemical plant in New Jersey creates new chemical combinations to give the various items their unique taste. I could go on and on but I end with just recommending anyone interested to read the book "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser. Its absolutely fascinating and a real eye opener about how our "friend" Ronald McDonald and other fast food giants work.

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