You’re Not Too Busy to Cook, You’re Too Disconnected

We’ve outsourced our health to the food industry — and it’s killing us.

Fast food, frozen dinners, packaged snacks, energy drinks, delivery apps, and drive-thrus dominate modern life. We’ve traded nourishment for speed, handed our health over to corporations, and convinced ourselves we don’t have time to cook.

But convenience always comes at a cost.

It might save you time in the short term, but strips you of vitality, energy, and resilience over time. The more “convenient” our food has become, the sicker we’ve gotten — skyrocketing obesity, autoimmune disorders, anxiety, depression, infertility, and chronic disease.

And yet… we keep buying it.

💸 Money Talks. So Start Voting.

The truth is, our dollars drive demand. Every purchase is a vote. When you spend money on soda, chips, and drive-thru meals, you’re voting yes for more of it. When you buy real, whole food and prepare it at home, you’re telling the market to shift.

Unfortunately, many people either don’t know or don’t care that their daily choices are slowly poisoning them. They think convenience is harmless. But it’s not. It’s often the root of fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, and the slow erosion of health.

Quick food is cheap, addictive, and easy — and that’s exactly why it’s dangerous.

🔌 You’re Not Too Busy — You’re Too Disconnected

Let’s be honest: time isn’t the real issue.

People say, “I don’t have time to cook.” But they’ll scroll social media for hours, binge-watch Netflix, or sit in the drive-thru line for 20 minutes. It’s not about time — it’s about disconnection.

Disconnected, how? Great question, I’d love to tell you…

• Our bodies ignore hunger cues, energy crashes, and gut issues until they become full-blown diagnoses.

• We no longer know where our food comes from, how it’s grown, or what’s in it.

• In our homes, kitchens are being used less, while phones and screens dominate the dinner table.

• Our purpose is lost. Cooking used to be an act of love and stewardship, but now it feels like a burden.

Busyness is often a smokescreen. What we’re really lacking is intentionality. We’ve lost the sacred rhythm of slowing down to nourish ourselves and the people we love. We’ve traded embodied living for convenience, and in doing so, we’ve lost touch with what it means to care for the temple God gave us.

The antidote to disconnection isn’t more productivity hacks — it’s presence. And it starts at your cutting board.

🛑 The Root Problem: Speed Over Stewardship

God didn’t design us to eat out of boxes, bags, or drive-thru windows. We were meant to gather, prepare, and enjoy food in community. Cooking isn’t just a chore — it’s a deeply human act of stewardship. And in today’s fast-paced world, slowing down to cook is an act of rebellion against a system that profits from your dysfunction.

It’s also one of the most powerful health decisions you can make.

✅ Make the Shift

You don’t have to overhaul your life overnight, but you do need to start making intentional changes. Here’s how:

• Cook at home 5+ nights a week. Keep it simple. Real food: meat, eggs, vegetables, healthy fats.

• Stop buying “emergency” snacks. Most quick fixes (granola bars, protein cookies, flavored yogurts) are just junk.

• Read every label. If there’s an ingredient you wouldn’t cook with at home, don’t eat it.

• Budget your time like your money. You make time for what matters. Cooking now can prevent disease, prescriptions, and regret later.

• Teach your kids. The kitchen is the best classroom. Show them what real food looks like and how to care for their bodies as God intended.

🙏 Final Thoughts

Convenience is a trap. It lures you in with promises of ease, but keeps you stuck in a cycle of poor health, low energy, and growing dependence on pills and processed food. Break the cycle. Reclaim your health by reclaiming your kitchen.

Stop outsourcing your meals — and your future — to a system that does not care about you. Start doing the hard things, the inconvenient things, the things that build real strength 💪.

Want help sorting through modern nutrition lies? Book a complimentary discovery call with a Christian Health Coach today.