Persuasive Speech On Eating Fast Food

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We have all heard the phrase “You are what you eat”, but do we really want to be known as being cheap, easy, and fake? Today we will be examining why I believe you should avoid eating fast food at all costs. We will look at what additives are in fast food, how it affects your productivity, mood and wallet, the influence it has on our health and why we choose to eat this food to begin with.

What we are eating when we choose fast food? Have you ever thought about where that chicken nugget came from? Up to 80,000 chickens can live in one windowless building. They can't move around, and are forced to live in small cages, stacked one on top of the other, which can lead them to go stir crazy. Because they have so many roommates and get bored, they decide to attack other chickens, and turn into cannibals. To make it easier to not lose 'valuable meat', the farmers will cut their beaks and toes off. Now imagine the immense amount of stress you would be under if you lived in these conditions, the chicken's immune systems get so weak they fill them with antibiotics, which of course we then ingest ourselves when eating that golden chicken nugget. Also, we should pay attention to what the animals are eating. The cattle industry buys millions of dead cats and dogs from animal shelters every year, and feeds them to the cattle which ends up in your big mac. Did I forget to mention that one burger could have meat from over 1,000 cows? If you ever look at the ingredients in a Big Mac, you would find between the meat, bun, and sauce, you would be digesting over 100 different ingredients, chemicals, coloring, etc. I don't know about you, but that sounds delicious to me.

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...ay, I know all this already, but we as a society live so much in the now, we fail to see the future effects it could have on us.

Is it really that easy to avoid fast food? The answer is no. As someone who has lost almost 100 lbs in the past year and a half because of completely cutting out fast food and choosing healthier alternatives, I want everyone to know how much better you feel and how much your quality of life increases because of not eating it. I understand that not everyone can just simply cut out fast food, but I hope in reading all this information you choose to eat it in moderation and on a less frequent basis. We need to wake up as a society and take the time now to inform ourselves on this information and take the time to cook more meals at home, so we are not giving up time in the future by cutting our length of life because of these unhealthy foods.

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