First and foremost, let us talk about the Fat and Calorie Content of Fast Food Versus a Home-Cooked MealAccording to food nutritionist worlwide,eating fast food once in a while won’t hurt you, but too much of it can cause serious problems. Most fast food contains too many calories, salt and artery-clogging cholesterol to eat every day, or even once a week. Here’s a look at how many calories and grams of fat are packed into fast food. Keep in mind that kids ages 7 to 12 should eat about 2,200 calories per day, while adults should consume around 2,000 calories per day. Exercise levels and current weight can affect these numbers. Note the totals of the single meals at the fast food restaurants comprise almost a full day's calories!
| Food | Calories | Fat |
|---|---|---|
| McDonald’s Big Mac | 563 | 33 grams |
| Medium-sized McDonald’s French fries | 384 | 20 |
| Medium-sized McDonald’s vanilla shake | 733 | 21 |
| Total for one meal | 1,680 calories | 74 grams |
| Burger King Whopper with cheese | 790 | 48 |
| Medium-sized Burger King French fries | 387 | 20 |
| Medium-sized Burger King vanilla shake | 667 | 35 |
| Total for one meal | 1,844 calories | 103 grams |
| Compare that to a meal prepared at home: | ||
| One-half of a roasted chicken breast | 142 | 3 grams |
| Medium-sized baked white potato | 130 | 0 |
| Half a cup of green peas | 67 | 0 |
| 8-ounce glass of 1% milk | 102 | 3 |
| 1 cup of unsweetened applesauce | 105 | 0 |
| Total for one meal | 546 | 5 gram |
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Next is about the MONEY AND TIME SPENT FOR BOTH FOOD. Which one is better?
Apparently, this test has been carried out by ABC News’ Dave Zinczenko, Eric Noll and Jenn Metz.
ABC News’ Dave Zinczenko, Eric Noll and Jenn Metz report:
Evelyn Molina of Miami has a confession to make: She eats out a lot.
Molina, who runs the mommy blog Mommy Mafia, is living life in the fast food lane. “I just feel like it takes so much time,” Molina said about cooking dinner.
For her family, that means a lot of Chinese takeout for dinner and chicken fingers for her son Nick’s lunchbox.
But constantly getting takeout food means spending lots of money. Molina and her husband, Nick, spend about $300 a week on fast food.
In fact, according to the new World News “Real Money” poll, two out of three people believe that they are spending too much on food. But is fast food really faster?
ABC News asked Bradley Herron, executive chef of The Genuine Hospitality Group and currently at the Miami hotspot Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, to cook up a little “Real Money” challenge.
Herron whipped up dinner with Evelyn Molina while ABC News hit the Molinas’ favorite drive-thru Pollo Tropical, three miles away with husband Nick Molina. The mission: Determine which is faster — home-cooked dinner or fast food.
While Evelyn Molina’s husband ordered a full chicken and rice and beans, she and Herron cooked fish and vegetables. So who won?
Nick Molina clocked in at 31 minutes while Evelyn Molina clocked in at 22 minutes. And the cost: $22 for the drive-thru and $12 for the home-cooked meal.
“I underestimated the amount of time I actually spend to go pick something up. My mind said it was 15 minutes but really it was double that. And turns out I spent more money than they did,” Nick Molina said.
From this test, we could see that home cooked meals are better cost and less time consumption compared to fast food.
we could see the comparison between the cost of both food.
All in all, there are some people that would prefer home cooked meals rather than fast food. But, there are also those people who would rather have fast food instead of home cooked meals. Both types of food have their pros and cons; Some people may like fast food because of the convenience, and some may like home-cooked meals better for the quality and for the price. Regardless, it just depends on what you would prefer. Healthy or Fast.
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