As the concept of the time has been changed due to the advanced technology and complicated society, , people become besier and obsess over thier work. As a result, they began to look down upon taking care of thier families. They also have no time to eat dinner with their family at home because of overloaded works. Even some people think it is unnecessary to have a meal with family; however, I strongly believe that eating with whole family together is important in these days as well as in the past.
First of all, eating a meal with family can maintain healthy lifestyle. It is a known fact that humans are social animals that require close relationships with other people. Also, having a meal is important activity for survival which has come down from our ancestors. Because two factors, relationship and meal, are very essential for people for a long time, they have prefered to eat a meal with other people. The same logic applies to people in these days. By having a meal with others, people are able to not only satisfy thier basic needs, but also build close relationships with others. When it comes to family, eating with them is more important. This is because family is closest people in one's entire life. By taking breakfast or having dinner, people can have more interact and conversation with their family. The member of whole family can maintain healthy mentally becuase these activities give them a sense of belonging and stability.
Not only having a meal with family can contribute to mental health of the entire family, but also it can help people maintain physically health. It is due to the fact that homemade food is vastly superior to foods from restaurants. When people prepare dishes to eat with their family, they use fresh and healthy ingredients becuase these are for thier family, whereas foods from restaurants contains a lot of chemical seasoning(MSI) which is harmful our health. The movie "Supersize me" by Morgan Spurlock fully illustrate this negative effects. According to this movie, over the half of the amrican suffers from desease caused by foods from restaurants including hamburger, french fried and so on. Morever, we can see many people who make do with instant food at street alone; however, they can not know exactly what they eat.
Having a meal with family is more important than most people think. This is because they think these routine two activities, eating and meeting family, is occurring everyday. Sometimes people forget about the value of people always around them. If people appreciate their value and spend more time with them by having a meal together, our lives can be more healthy and happy. |