New trend of 15-30 minute food delivery is bad for our health.

[Awantika03]

I think this new trend of 15-30 minute food delivery is bad for our health | Every food delivery company is now competing for … the fastest-commerce food delivery.

Companies say it’s for our convenience. But we need to stop and think and ask an important question:

How is this food getting to me in 20-30 minutes? When even with full preparation, it easily takes 20-30 minutes to cook the food.

To deliver food in such a short time, it needs to be cooked in 5 minutes or less.

Restaurants can only achieve this in such a short time with highly-processed, ready-to-eat foods.

Pre-cooked → frozen → microwaved → delivered…..,,means ultra-processed food

I’ve often talked before about the dangers of ordering from the fastest delivery companies, but this fast-delivered food is the most dangerous.

Studies surrounding ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have found that they:

- Increase the risk of cancer by 12% and cardiovascular disease by 10%.

- Are linked to rising rates of obesity, which affects people of all ages.

- Cause the rise of diabetes and increase the risk of diabetes many fold.

- High in trans fats, contributing to heart disease.

These companies want to satisfy our need for convenience. But that 20-minute difference isn’t really worth it.

If you don’t have home cooked food and need to order, do so.

But wait a little longer for fresh food. Don’t compromise on your health.

Repost this to spread the message.

We don’t want ultra-processed garbage delivered in 20-30 minutes!”

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't see the point of paying extra to have it delivered when you can just make it yourself.
Especially with all the sickos we have today who would have no problem tainting your food between the restaurant and your door. Or even AT the restaurant!
I used to work at a bank and, would go to lunch with some girl who said that her boyfriend works at a McDonald's (where we'd go for lunch) and he tells her that if you order a burger with onions on it or any other specialty that doesn't normally come on the food, they spit on your food because you ordered special.
THEN THERE'S DELIVERY ISSUES!! Someone locally posted a comment today on another site how they ordered food to be delivered to them and the driver gave it to the wrong person, the next door neighbor, and said neighbor ATE the food!!
I used to get a number of pizza's at Domino's. There's one a mile from here, as the crow flies but, it's a 2 mile drive to get there. I KNOW it only takes them 10 to 15 minutes to MAKE the pizza and it SHOULD ONLY take them about 3 to 5 minutes to get it here! BUT, even though they claim it's free if they don't get it to you in half an hour, it's ALWAYS 45:00 to nearly 2 hours late!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING between it being cooked and getting it here, 2 miles away, shooting a porno?
::Knock, knock::
Yes, who is it?
Pizza delivery, lady. Did you order the pepperoni pizza?
Yes, I did.
Well, here's the pizza. ::ZZZZIIIIPPPPP!!:: And HERE'S the pepperoni!

Half the time, it's cold by the time it gets here and most of them get the order wrong; when I order their cinnamon twists, I order SIX tubs of their frosting, which I have to pay for, and they ALWAYS bring me FIVE!!!

I've got the groceries and SOME means to cook it, if need be, I'll cook the food myself, eat it freshly made and not have to worry about it showing up 2 hours later, cold, missing parts I paid for, at the neighbor's house or having to pay extra to have it delivered and I'll know that it's NOT tainted in any way!!

[malarkey]

It's not a new trend. Plenty of restaurants have offered food delivery for many decades. The difference is that they use to all employee their own drivers who worked for like $2 an hour plus tips and gas mileage. Now many don't employ drivers in house and just let large centralized companies that have phone apps employ the drivers. It's like how there use to be privately owned grocery stores everywhere, and then most of them went out of business and got replaced by Walmart a centralized mega corporation.

[Jennz6]

We need more home cooked meals

[Red_Arrow]

I don't know about that food being delivered, but there are many places that you can drive to and pick up food already cooked. We have places near us that have such high demand for certain foods, like Chinese and Thai, that they have a large selection always being cooked and ready for you to pick up or sit down and eat. Plus many of the dishes can be modified after cooking with seasonings and sauces. The food is cooked and will prepared and usually delicious.

[Gwendoline]

You are probably right but in the case of a very busy fast food restaurant the fries are already made b4 you order, there's always burgers ready to go.

But yeah it just works out much cheaper to cook food at home. I made Irish stew yesterday along with the roast and I'm making vegetable soup for tomorrow. Often clever meal prep save time.

[ohsheeT]

I totally agree with you that's why I don't order food I'd rather cook it home any day of the week is 10 times better it's better for you it's not processed it's not frozen and microwaved and then delivered I don't care what type of food it is I don't like it had much rather either just cook dinner at home that's the only way to do it for me really and very once in a while I might go out for dinner but I would rather just eat at home that way I have leftovers LOL

[exitseven]

Yes, ultra processed food is loaded with chemicals that humans probably should not be consuming. Also dangerous is the delivery drivers that speed down busy streets to delic\ver the food under 30 minutes so they will get a bigger tip. Plenty of people are collateral damage so somebody can get a pizza in a jiffy.

[Unit1]

m-hm, interesting point. I suppose I'm lucky, that the food comes not any different than buying it from the store and taking it home with me as I did both before e. g. long sandwiches, burgers, kebabs, pizzas. In proximity they deliver within 30 minutes. More complex preparations and distance makes it up to 1 hour.

Then again, I'm not rich enough to do that regularly.

[Iron_Man]

that’s way too long you got about five minutes Shelf life of a hot meal taken from Burger King. After that it’s worthless. The french fries are cold and they’ll never be the same

[seeyounexttuesday]

I never understand the appeal of door dash. The food is shit when it's been sitting around the restaurant 15 minutes waiting for the driver to pick it up then rattling around in their car for another 10-15.

[Fireguy17]

it is just as bad for me when I take the 5-minute drive and order it myself and eat it in my vee hickle.

[Xawyx-2]

I rarely eat fast food, but it's still good to know, thanks for the info, very interesting myTake.

[Ironco]

That's an easy fix... don't order it.

Cook your own.

[Anonymous]

Anywhere that delivers is suspect and if they pass that delivery inside 45 minutes is questionable

[Brucewayne123]

Stopped eating fast food years ago.

[Grond21]

Agreed