When I say “fast food” I primarily mean anything such as Kentucky, Pizza Hut, McDonalds, Burger King?
Health advocates say “Junk food is bad and to cut it out” but what exactly is it?
Would you describe other types of take away as being “fast food or “junk food” such as Indian take away and Chinese take away?
What primarily are the “bad parts” of “junk food”?
What types of restaurants, food outlets would not be considered “junk food”?
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High fat, carb, and sodium content, but that can be said about most restaurants. (The secret to making food taste as good as restaurant food is to add tons of butter and salt!) What’s special about fast food is the copious levels of industrial finesse and corner-cutting that make it possible for franchises like McDonalds to get you a fresh-tasting burger and fries within seconds of ordering it.
Fast food restaurants often have most of their menu prepared in advance far away in a factory and kept frozen until ready to eat, and they usually stick to very quick methods of cooking food like deep frying, all in the name of speed. That alone is enough to explain most of why fast food is considered less healthy, but beyond that, fast food companies have been party to all sorts of shady food handling practices over the years, which increase efficiency at the cost of consumer health. Due to the use of hydrogenated oils, fast food often contains trans fats, a kind of fat molecule which is indigestible because of a sort of twist in its shape, causing it to build up in the bloodstream of those who consume it. There’s also been countless other scandals involving fast food health hazards, including one I remember where toxic chemicals used to keep oil from soaking through the food packaging were discovered to be leeching into the food itself.
In other words, fast food is unhealthy because greasy food is unhealthy, but the real answer is the corporate greed and neglect that is rampant in most fast food companies.
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