Essay about Modern lifestyle

            The modern lifestyle has brought countless benefits to everyone. These benefits include the technological benefits that have made everything much easier and the development of medicines that has now made us able to fight many diseases that were previously considered incurable. All the innovations have made life faster and efficient. Now tasks can be done in less time and with fewer efforts. However, there are pros and cons of everything. This modern lifestyle also has impacted negatively the lifestyle of individuals.

            Firstly, it is quite visible that now humans have little time left to interact with the nature, the lifestyle that they have adopted asks them to stay busy and pay less attention to the things around them. This makes people feel less connected to the environment around them. Moreover, using new technology no doubt has made our lives easier and faster but it has brought a number of problems too. Over usages of cell phones for instance, affect our eye sight, lead to headaches, depression, and health problems and sleep/eating disorders.

            Another example can be taken of a microwave. Microwaves are a basic necessity in every household now because of the fact that it has made the task of cooking convenient. However, now numerous studies are showing that it can be harmful because it causes cancer since cancer causing agents are produced by microwave. In addition to this, people are really attracted to fast food since it saves time and they can quickly satisfy their hunger. But fast food is not good for health as it can lead to obesity and other problems. Fast food is not considered as a healthy option because it has high level of unwanted nutrients for example additives, salt, sugar e.t.c. Now a day’s less people are interested in physical activities either they can’t take out time for such activities or they are too lazy to do so.

            High fast food consumption accompanied by low physical activities affect the health of a person for instance, heart problems and tooth decay. As the industries have adopted more efficient ways of production that have made a number of stakeholders happy with reduced costs it has badly affect the environment as well. The pollution is rapidly rising there are places in the world where smog has become a major concern. The quality of breathing air has become of poor quality that has led to many diseases especially among young and elder people. As the world is losing most of its species and global warming is becoming more and more visible now everyone is turning towards environmentally friendly approach towards living. The idea of sustainable living is that we leave something for the future generations too. MNC’s and pressure groups are now urging for changes. The factories are being given pollution permits, plastics straws and bags are being avoided, toothpaste made from bamboos is being used along with other efforts to take care of the environment. The modern lifestyle has made everyone a constant user of social media as it makes everyone connected and has many advantages. However now that too is being decreased because of reasons like low self-esteem and depression that it causes.