Yes, living alone is expensive (and lonely, too).
And for a time, I just embraced living the dorm life.
What do I mean?
You know, where we just order everything we’d like to eat because it’s way easier than preparing a meal for one?
Fast food makes our life more convenient, especially when we are drowning with work deadlines and cooking seems too much of a task. And we can’t just let ourselves go hungry, right?
Because when we’re hungry, we feel less engaged with our work.
And what about our sweet cravings?
Well, with just a press of a button, you can have all the sweets you’d like, sprinkled with bits of fruits but primarily fat, oil, and sugar combined.
And did you know? According to this research about the hidden dangers of fast and processed food:
A link may even exist between fast food, processed food, commercial baked goods, and sweets and destruction of brain cell and a lowering of intelligence. Candy and sweetened baked goods may even stimulate the brain in an addictive fashion, which can lead to more serious illnesses.
Uh-oh.
And here’s more from The Hidden Dangers of Fast and Processed Food:
The nutritional fundamentals accepted by the World Health Organization and most nutritional authorities today include vegetables, beans, nuts, seeds, and fruit as healthy foods; and salt, saturated fat, and excess sugar as disease causing. Excessive amounts of animal products may lead to premature aging, increased risk of chronic disease and higher all-cause mortality. Multiple studies have been published on hundreds of thousands of people, followed for decades showing that the objective endpoint of death is increased with higher amounts of animal product consumption. Furthermore, refined carbohydrates may not just lead to being overweight and diabetic but also contribute to dementia, mental illness, and cancer. There is considerable evidence today that heart disease is not only promoted by saturated fat and increased animal products but also by refined carbohydrates, including white rice, white bread, sugar, honey, maple syrup, and agave nectar.
Note: Words written in bold font are for emphasis; emphasis mine.
And have you ever been through a phase where you feel like eating again, even if you just ate fast food?
Well, it’s most likely because you consumed low-quality food.
From The Hidden Dangers of Fast and Processed Food:
If you’re healthy and eating nutritious food, you feel nothing when you enter the catabolic phase, with no desire to eat again until glycogen stores are nearly exhausted. True hunger is a mild sensation felt in the throat and base of the neck. True hunger heightens taste sensitivity too, making eating more pleasurable. True hunger directs when you should eat and therefore it’s more difficult to become overweight if you pay attention to the signs your body sends to your brain. Being overweight requires eating outside of the demands of true hunger, either recreationally or because of withdrawal symptoms from improper eating, stimulating the overconsumption of calories.
Note: Words written in bold font are for emphasis; emphasis mine.
Wow, that’s interesting!
Raise your hand if you often get confused about telling yourself when you’re really experiencing true hunger.
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And combine our confusion and the convenience of fast food in just one click.
Where will we be heading with our life now?
I’m not totally ready to say goodbye to fast food.
Perhaps, occasionally?
Are you okay with saying goodbye to fast food?
jessa 