Cooking In vs. Eating Out

Learning how to cook is beneficial in many ways. It make a person more dependable on themselves, manages weight, impresses other people, saves money, better to eat in, convenient, and it’s a fundamental skill worth learning. Out of all these positives, the most important one to me is it manages weight. According to Pujitha Reddy , author of the article Top 10 Reasons Why You Learn to Cook Today, “You will have complete control over what you eat at home so home cooking definitely helps to manage your weight. Learning to cook means to take control over your weight. You can stick to reasonable amounts of food so that you will not end up eating too much. You can improve your diet easily by cooking yourself healthy foods at home. It is a sure fact that calories consumed through homemade foods are obviously very low compared to the calories consumed through food you eat at restaurants or food from takeouts.” Comparing Eating out vs. Eating in, eating is better because “at a restaurant, you have almost no control over how most items are prepared and you are leaving your health and wellness in the hands of the chef in the back. At home, you control how much salt is being used, what fat you use to cook with, the quality of the food product and most of all, you’re in control of your health and wellness,” says Chef Dave Fouts and Vicki Bovee, MS, RD, LD