Ivana Okta Riyani

Food for Thought

Food is very important for us since human body depends on it to stay healthy. That is why we have to be selective in choosing the kind of fare to be consumed. People are accustomed with fast food and home-cooked meal, and both of them are tasty. However, they have several differences in nutrition or health aspect, variety and price.
The first aspect is the fact that the nutrition inside fast food and home-cooked meal is extremely different. Fast food is good in taste so that a lot of people like it. However, most fast food is not good for people’s health. The quality of the ingredients that are used to make it is not good, and it means that it is lack of nutrition that is needed by our body. It causes many potential risks to the body. Most of the fast food contain a large number of fat, and it can cause cholesterol problems. On the contrary, home-cooked meal is healthier than fast food. It uses ingredients which are good in nutrition and it can make our body stay in a healthy condition.
The second phase that differentiate them is that the home-cooked meal are more various than fast food which is lack of variety. As we know, we can only eat monotone kind of fast food such as fried chicken, pizza, hamburger or any kind of instant noodles. Unlike fast food, home-cooked meal is rich in kinds. We are able to mix the ingredients or add something that we want and also create a lot of new menus so that we will not get bored to eat it.
The third aspect is we can save money if we consume home-cooked meal. Fast food is more expensive since it helps people a lot to save their time. It is instant and very easy to get. People do not have to waste their time and energy to cook. In contrast to fast food, home-cooked meal is cheaper. By cooking and eating it, we will not waste our money and we can save it for another daily needs.
In conclusion, fast food and home-cooked meal are extremely different in health aspect or nutrition, variety, and price. Fast food might be better for people who are busy to save their time, yet it will give negative effect to the body if we consume it too much and too often. On the other hand home-cooked meal is very good in health aspect, variety and price. Due to those considerations, I believe that consuming home-cooked meal will give good result to our health. If we want to live in a good and healthy way it will be better to choose the home-cooked meal as our daily fare.