Happy (?) Meal. Fast Food: Niceties & Neccessities

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that's what's happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal

Michelle Obama

What is better for us: a food item from a bottle, a can or a box, or a cellophane bag ‒ or fresh from the garden food? Sometimes it makes me wonder. Food preferences of mankind have always been and will always be determined by a complex interplay of social, economic, and technological forces. Great number of people tend to beleive that fast food is phony, and balanced food is real. Some of us consider chain of fast food outlets to be a manifestation of the commodification of time coupled with relatively low food prices.

Anyhow, fast food takes every nook and cranny in the life of modern civilization. Being a commonplace, it is served at drive-throughs, restaurants and cafeterias, stadiums and zoos, airports and railway stations, schools and universities. Fast food has made its own world, and its impact is hard to overstate. The Golden Arches are extremely widely recognized all over the world, as the symbol of globalization. We can even speak about Mcdonaldazition of some countries, such as America (Eric Schlosser, "Fast Food Nation").

Do we reach elegant sufficiency or only damp appetite? Let's weigh pros and cons of fast food.

Visit to McDonald's is justified when we are in a hurry and need to grab a bite, and it is tough to maintain a healthy diet. Fast food is convenient, cheap and tasty, but what is its real price which does not appear on the menu? 

To my mind, fat aspect is connected not only with fast food. It is not solely responsible for every social problem. The major point is that we should don't let fast food transformate our everyday diet. I don't stand on fast food, but I think no harm in a bite of pizza or cheeseburger, when we keep it to minimum. My weight is 47 kg with 164 sm height. We're our own masters and creators of our lifestyle, so what's wrong with a glass of Coca-Cola, when we try to keep healthy way of life? 
In conclusion I'd like to cite a quotation from Bengamin Franklin: "One should eat to live, not live to eat".