1. FAST FOOD
O u r t i m e s a r e c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y a
g r e a t f r e n z y a n d a c t i o n s p e e d t h a t
c a u s e h e a v y r h y t h m s o f l i f e ,
s o m e t i m e s d i f f i c u l t t o e n d u r e . H a b i t s
a r e c h a n g i n g j u s t t o s u p p o r t t h e f a s t -
f l o w i n g t i m e . W e h a d t o a d a p t a n d
t h i s h a s c r e a t e d s p a c e s a n d p l a c e s t o
m e e t o u r n e e d s q u i c k l y , t o a v o i d
l o s i n g t o o m u c h t i m e .

2. LA NASCITA DEL FAST FOOD
The first fast food restaurants are located at the beginning of the 19th century in America
and are local or itinerant street kiosks, where quick to prepare meals quickly for immediate
consumption.
He talks about the time when the first factories, and then the people who work most of the
day they need to consume fast lunches during the short break, so you can get back to
work quickly.
The most famous fast food and currently present in every corner of the world is the Mc
Donald 's, who was born in 1937 in San Bernardino, Calif., from an idea by brothers
Richard and Maurice Mcdonald, who opened the first restaurant where they served mostly
burgers.
The popularity of the first Mcdonald's restaurant reached every corner of America, until in
1959 in Chicago opened the fast food restaurant Mcdonald's number 100.
In 1967 the Mc Donald's lands in Canada, in 1971 in Japan, in the early 70 in Europe and in
1986 opened the first fast food restaurant Mcdonald's in Rome.
Today in any way there are many fast food chains born in the wake of the most famous
precursor, which offer similar products.
Among these include Burger King, KFC, Hard Rock Cafe, and many others that are found
exclusively in the USA.
Among the Italian fast food chains is the Autogrill that mainly lies on the highways, but also
in stations, airports, shopping malls, with various brands, such as Spizzico and many
others.

3. TIPI DI CIBO
This kitchen consists primarily of hamburgers, hot dogs, schnitzels, fries, pizzas,
sandwiches and other foods derived from ethnic cuisine like fried onion and the kebab,
and suggests the widespread use of different sauces such as mustard, mayonnaise and
ketchup.
Fast food is generally characterized by a relatively modest cost, from the uniformity of
service offered and the wide spread of outlets.
The model proposed by fast food food involves predominantly younger bands, but also a
growing share of adults, who for reasons essentially related to working rhythms, is
increasing recourse to this type of restaurant.
In Latin countries, traditionally linked to care preparations and flavours and wholesome
products, fast food is often considered synonymous with poor diet, either because it
consists of meals in a hurry, even standing or driving, both for its poor quality and
variety of ingredients and plenty of fried items, sugary, salty and fatty.
Normally covered by food in fast food, like burgers, fries, fried chicken, are classified
among those high in fat and/or refined sugars and/or low in fibre and as such,
especially when consumed frequently or in large portions, increase the risk of obesity,
which increases the risk of cancer .
High consumption of fast food are predictors of high levels of cholesterol , an important
risk factor for heart attack, stroke and diseases of the circulatory system.
The proposed foods in fast food, and especially the burgers and fries, contain high amounts
of trans-fatty acids, which are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular
disease, reducing the concentration of HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol), low-
density lipoprotein, triglyceride, increasing disorder of balance of prostaglandins and
promote insulin resistance, increasing the risk of diabetes .
In an effort to respond to these nutritional imbalances, most operators propose in its
chains also menu meals with less calorie intake like salads and fruit salads.

4. LE CRITICHE
Some Swedish scholars have impeached meals that are eaten, worse if regularly, in the so-
called Fast Food. These researchers argued that could exist a certain correlation between
the risk of developing Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and the introduction of large
quantities of carbohydrates, probable occurrence when you consume their meals in fast
food.
Stockholm study involved 152 people with Crohn's disease, 145 people with ulcerative colitis
and 305 healthy subjects. In response to questions about their eating habits has shown
that those who had the habit of eating at least 2 meals a week at a fast food restaurant,
were 3.4 times more likely, compared to controls, to develop Crohn's disease and 3.9 times
greater risk for ulcerative colitis. Foods put under accusation from this study are
especially hamburgers and hotdogs with mustard and Ketchup, fries with various sauces and
beverages defined "soft" rich in sugar.
Of course not all share this opinion, in fact, American researchers claim that was never
noticed no real correlation between a particular food and the onset of these diseases.
Even some Japanese scholars have made interesting findings: they saw that, following a diet
similar to that of Zen monks, based mainly on the consumption of grain and flour, lowers
considerably the plasma cholesterol level and, consequently, decreases the risk of
cardiovascular disease. This study was performed on 22 subject novices who, after going
into a temple, have followed the typical diet of the monks: the results after a year of this
diet that included the introduction of 3 mg. per day of cholesterol versus an average of
266 mg. previous diet, was to have a drastic reduction of blood cholesterol.
But we must say that the Japanese, already at the start of the experiment, cholesterol values
were significantly lower than the average standard.

5. LA GIUSTA ALIMENTAZIONE
Proper nutrition is a precise way to follow, there are also various types
of diets that can be followed. For example, a type of proper
nutrition is to eat healthy foods like fruits and vegetables and not to
eat fatty foods and calorie. Some types of foods the right nutrition
can be: pulses, meat, fish, fruit and vegetables.

6. ALTRI TIPI DI FAST FOOD
When it comes to Fast Food you think of classic model, one based on the
type of power supply designed in Sweden, the famous, as discussed,
hamburger.
-Quick lunches of sandwiches preparations containing various foods can
compare in terms of nutrients to a traditional diet: the proportion of
carbohydrates (carbs) provided, in the Italian diet, pasta is in this case
provided by bread.
-In the Italian tradition includes other proposals of Fast Food, such as
pizza, which can be consumed without too much loss of time and lends
itself to endless variations of taste.
-Finally, today can be found on the Italian market as well as other quick
dishes inspired by our more traditional cuisine, as an alternative to the
classic Burger with fries and various sauces: one of these delicious
alternatives, that is perhaps one of the most typical of Emilian cuisine,
is the one recently proposed by PURPOSE: tortellini and lambrusco, or
"fast-food Chili".