Why Not to Eat Fast Food Speech
Attention getter: would you like fries with that?
Intro topic: -commonly heard -380 calories in a med. Fries (McDonald’s, nutrients)
Thesis: American’s should limit the amount of fast food they eat on a regular basis.
Pro No. 1: eating fast food is bad for your health and is causing a rise of obesity in the states.
Reason: fast food is low in nutrients
Prove: -low in important vitamins, fibers, and minerals -empty calories -“healthy” choices aren’t so healthy
Reason: high in fat
Prove: -fried foods are high in saturated fat and trans- fat -Trans-fat raise the LDL levels which are the bad levels of cholesterol -heart attacks and cardiac arrest
(Miller, page 1)
Reason: the workers are gross
Prove: -many lack the training in food safety edu. -not much hand-washing -touch raw-meat and then buns
(Gallam, NA)
Cons: to busy to cook
Prove: -many have jobs -not enough time to cook -fast and easy
(Hitti, NA)
Con: easy and convince Prove: -can be eating with out forks or knives or plates -can be eaten while driving
-over 50,000 fast food chains in the states
(NA, page 1)
Con: it’s not all that bad -they have salads -milk/water/healthy wraps -don’t get the biggest size -don’t visit it that often
(NA, page 1)
Thesis: American’s should limit the amount of fast food that they eat, for their heath. Just because it is fast and easy or you choose a healthy choice does not mean that it will not affect you. You should be careful of what you eat. Because fast food is not good for
Intro topic: -commonly heard -380 calories in a med. Fries (McDonald’s, nutrients)
Thesis: American’s should limit the amount of fast food they eat on a regular basis.
Pro No. 1: eating fast food is bad for your health and is causing a rise of obesity in the states.
Reason: fast food is low in nutrients
Prove: -low in important vitamins, fibers, and minerals -empty calories -“healthy” choices aren’t so healthy
Reason: high in fat
Prove: -fried foods are high in saturated fat and trans- fat -Trans-fat raise the LDL levels which are the bad levels of cholesterol -heart attacks and cardiac arrest
(Miller, page 1)
Reason: the workers are gross
Prove: -many lack the training in food safety edu. -not much hand-washing -touch raw-meat and then buns
(Gallam, NA)
Cons: to busy to cook
Prove: -many have jobs -not enough time to cook -fast and easy
(Hitti, NA)
Con: easy and convince Prove: -can be eating with out forks or knives or plates -can be eaten while driving
-over 50,000 fast food chains in the states
(NA, page 1)
Con: it’s not all that bad -they have salads -milk/water/healthy wraps -don’t get the biggest size -don’t visit it that often
(NA, page 1)
Thesis: American’s should limit the amount of fast food that they eat, for their heath. Just because it is fast and easy or you choose a healthy choice does not mean that it will not affect you. You should be careful of what you eat. Because fast food is not good for