Health Benefits of The Slow Food Movement

“Being healthy isn’t a fad or a trend. Instead, it’s a lifestyle.” Eating fast food isn't only bad for your health, it’s also bad for your mental health as well because most fast foods are high in calories, trans fats, sugar and salt, and they also come in small portions so that the costumer could buy and eat more and more of it. Since most fast food meals come in small portions costumers tend to buy the “supersize” meal which contributes to the problem of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, and blood disease joint problems. All this could also lead a person to have low self-esteem issues because of a weight problem and make a person feel bad about themselves. On the other hand, the slow food movement can improve both bodily and metal health. Preparing your own food at your own home has the benefit of relaxation and having a conversation while preparing a meal. People will also know exactly what they’re eating and provide a high nutritional value. Eating healthy can also make a person feel good about themselves giving them more energy throughout the day to do more things. If a family goes to eat out to a fast food restarant like McDonalds, they won't be able to enjoy their food like they will at home, sure you can take it to go, but that won't make it healthy. Parents also need to teach their kids to eat healthy, and taking them to eat fast food and getting them a salad is not quite the correct way to do it. A McDonald's salad can add up to 1,040 calories not including a drink. Jamie Oliver, a celebrity chef and food revolution reformer, mentions that, "bad nutrition can lead to obesity, diabetes, poor concentration, poor grades and behavioral problems," this means that children that don't eat a healthy meal at home have a hard time concentrating at school which leads them to getting bad grades. This is why its important to teach children and even some adults that it is very important to eat healthy. Eating unhealthy isn't only bad for your health but it can also affect your social life. So what lifestyle do you want? A clean one? Or a greasy one?

Millar Farr, Laurie Jo. "5 Bonus Reasons Why Slow Food Is Better Than Fast Food: An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away". Yahoo! Contributor Network. 1 June 2011. Web

Jaffrey, Annie. How to: stop carving bad food? 2012. Photograph

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The first picture is demonstrating how our bodies function when we eat healthy and when we eat unhealthy. The man on the left is eating an apple and it’s showing that when we eat healthy our body is more likely to function better than if we eat unhealthy like the man on the right, since he doesn’t eat healthy is takes more work to fix and make his body function properly.

The second picture is showing how the slow food movement gives people more energy to do stuff like exercising, unlike eating fast food which just makes people lazy and gain weight.

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The more unhealthy food you eat the more your body is going to want it. If you cook your own food instead of going to McDonald’s or any other fast food restaurant you are going to be satisfied with your meal and won’t feel the need to keep eating.

- Monica Rios