Convenience. Maybe if we translate convenience into time, it makes more sense. Convenience not as in being easy, but as in saving us more time. We all have only a certain amount of time allotted to us on earth. No one knows what that allowance might be. So, while buying convenience food might possibly lead to less health--that's not guaranteed. So many elements go into health. Genetics. Environment. At work, for example, maybe exposure to toxic materials. At home maybe exposure to pollutants in water. Just driving around, all the pollutants a car produces. We can't control a lot of things in our lives. But, saving time, saving precious hours each day is a definite. Grab that time back from the void :) Maybe that convenience food will add to disease in the long run. Maybe not. One thing is certain: if I save an hour of cooking time each night, I have something I can spend right now, today. That's a certainty.