Homemade food is more nutritious and contains more nutrients than fast food which has fewer nutrients. Having a different variety of fruits, vegetables and unprocessed meats brings many benefits such as vitamins, minerals and nutritional supplements. Having these nutrients in the body helps the body in many ways staying strong and healthy and helps provide fuel to the body every day. Cooking meals at home has been shown to be more nutritious and cheaper than eating fast food, which is rich in fatty acids and has fewer nutrients and a higher calorie intake than home-cooked meals. The cost of traveling to the market to pick up a week's supply of groceries is cheaper than going to fast food restaurants every day. The advantage of cooking your own meal is that you can choose the healthy ingredients that you will use to prepare the meal of your choice. By eating healthily you can control your weight and reduce your chances of being obese and having serious health problems such as heart attacks, strokes or even diabetes and being on drugs. It has been shown in many articles that fast food is mainly made up of processed foods and has high sodium and saturated fat content as home cooked meals are healthier as they contain fresh ingredients that have not been processed and contain all the nutritional benefits . The FDA has set an example by making all products and fast food outlets show the public the nutritional value of the food they sell, making them aware of the high calorie and saturated fat content. By having all information about all products available to the public, you provide awareness of what is contained in the product. The government has shown in the statistical graphs...... middle of the paper....... To have balance eating healthy is important and by eating healthy you need to have variety of types of food every day and eating in moderation helps to control how much is consumed. In conclusion, being aware of nutrition and why it is necessary for daily use and the benefits and benefits have shown that many are aware of why it is necessary and healthy and why fast food is unhealthy. Many of the fast food restaurants fry their foods and have a higher number of calories but contain much fewer nutrients, while preparing a meal at home has more nutrients and is much healthier and costs less than a fast food restaurant. With the help of guidelines provided by the government and the FDA, choosing the types of foods required by the human body has changed the choices that are made when it comes to eating healthily and getting as much nutrition as possible.