What is Comfort food?

There is not any fix definition or criterion that distinguishes some food as comfort food, however, it can be said, the food that leaves a soothing and comforting effect on us long after it has been consumed is reckoned as comfort food. Ice cream, candy bars, different cereal boxes, Mac and cheese, Cookies, pasta and fried chicken all are examples of comfort food.

History of Comfort food:

Usually, the term is associated with Southern food as Southern foods are known for rich amount of sugar, carbohydrates and fats but it is not accepted worldwide. The same kinds of food that have similar ingredients are cooked with different names in different part of the world and they serve for the same purpose as to provide taste with a soothing effect. Indian dish “Kedgeree” many Chinese soups that have been produced even thousands years back, all can be counted as comfort foods. So, it is not just and right to consider comfort foods available only in Western Kitchens. They were the part and parcels in the cooking culture of many other civilizations and traditions and are being served even today. In America Mac and Cheese is the most popular kind of comfort food.

American Life style and comfort foods:
                                      
These days every American dreams of a sculpt  and maintained body  but the life style, their favorite foods ,and weather always hamper their way to realize this dream. Like any other dream this dream can’t be realized without serious efforts and concern. Besides physical hard work, they‘ll have to give proper attention to their food .An average adult requires 2000 calories or less to maintain their weight. Isn’t it alarming that many of their favorite foods supply all the calories they require in a sole meal plus some extra to amass in stomach, hips, and thighs? Creamy soups and chowders, Mac and cheese, Chili and stews, cheesecakes, cookies and many other fried foods are available in markets and our kitchens as well. These foods can be comforting to our taste buds but they are playing a pivotal role in turning our body into a tub of lard. American life style and American foods both match each other , both are fast but if we analysis the situation with health point of view, we know  that they are absolutely contrary to each other. People have become quite habitual to take more calories than they are needed. They are doing it knowingly and unknowingly as well.

Eating habits: Our forefathers Vs Us
                                         
Obesity is considered the root cause of many new born diseases as high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiac arrests but the question rises why people are getting overweight as these foods are not new to them (Our forefathers also had such sort of foods in their daily meals but they were quite active and smart and didn’t know even the names of most of these diseases).  Comfort foods can still bring comfort without fat if we develop the habit to burn all those extra calories which are provided by that sort of food but is it possible in the surroundings; we are living in where so-called User-friendly devices perform all those tasks for us that require some physical or mental efforts? One must try to find the answer of these questions before going to take comforts of comfort food.

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