I'm basically an average cook, and if I really want to, I can pull out the stops and create a pretty great meal, provided I follow some kind of recipe. Problem with me though, is I'm totally freaking lazy. I won't cook unless I have to, and with so much fast food available, I basically never have to really cook.
But what I want to mention here in this blog post is the issue of nutrition. Basically fast food restaurants have been honing their "meal deal" choices for the past 50 to 60 years. A balanced meal at a fast food joint consists of a burger, fries, and cola. I don't know how long exactly it got them to perfect the Big Mac / Whopper / Papa Burger to the point where it has all those veggies on it. The point is, they did, and if I were to want them to take the veggies off, I'd have to specifically ask.
"Meal number 1, please" is all I have to say in order to get an absolutely complete meal, with no missing pieces. Whereas if I'm cooking at home, even if I'm trying hard, sometimes I just forget to include certain elements, or sometimes I'm out of things like lettuce (truth be told, I'm never out of lettuce, the tomatoes get eaten much more quickly, the lettuce is more likely to rot in the crisper because I'm too lazy to rip it up). Fast food is better at giving me all the essential ingredients than I am. Nutritionists actually do work for these chains. No one works for me.
Now, maybe I do get higher than recommended levels of sodium, fat, saturated fat, trans fat, sugar, carbohydrates, and calories from fast food, oh wait, all those things are what food is made of! Those are the things that keep my muscles powered so I can live my life and go to work. Even if those were bad things, at least they would be outweighed by the fact that I'm getting enough of what I actually need, even if I'm getting too much of some things. Right?
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