Fast Food Restaurants in Guyana do more harm than good.
A silent escalating epedemic of malnutrition is the underlying cause of most deaths in Modern Caribbean Society. This phenomenon is significantly heightened with the increasing availibility and accessibilty of Fast Food Restaurants situated all over Guyana. Most of which are franchises, established initially in the country with the highest percentage of Obesity in the world, The United States of America. Indeed Fast Food Restaurants provide job oppurtunities for Guyanese citizens, but unfortunately that is the sole benefit, compared to the sundry detriments they pose to many areas of life. Firstly, the Caribbean is a tropical paradise, blessed with acres upon acres of land, to cultivate healthy foodm with ease, because of the warm climate. Fresh grown vegetebles, and home cooked food is superior in terms of health standards to the food Available in Fast Food Restaurants, on many terms. A basic example would be the health hazard, due to the reusage of oil in the Fast Food Restaurants. Moreover, left over oil, becomes rancid after four days, which is extensively dangerous to cook with, because it may cause lesions in the arteries, providing space for fat to stick and clog. In addition the meats from these Fast Food Restaurants, are highly preserved and contain food additives, which may cause gastro- intestinal problems, and have said to be cancerous. With all that has been said about the health risks that Fast Foods cause, it is must better to utilize the fresher and naturally grown foods, available right in Guyana. It must be said, with the Westernization of Guyanese culture and the first world influence, there has been much more Fast Food Restaurants being built since 1975. Hence it is only logical to conclude that more people would eat from them, explaining the the growth of Obesity by 80% over the past two decades. This is a very unhealthy lifestyle for an individual, mot forgetting that the medical management of obesity is