Egyptian Food

I wanted to tell you something about egyptian food and egyptian eating culture. First of all there are some dishes I like a lot like Koshary which is a mixture of nuddels, lenses and onions. You can get it for a low price nearly everywhere and it fill your stomage easly.
I like fuul which is kind of a squish of fuul beans. It is delicious but it is very heavy for your stomage. And I really like the fresh vegetables you can get everywhere here, especially the tomatoes and the cucumbers which make a great oriental salat in combination which some parsley.
Unfortunately a lot of the Egyptians I know eat very unhealthy and like fast food in different varieties a lot. A lot of the food you find in the street kitchens is either fried or very very oily. I guess it is because of the heat. Most of the dishes contain a lot of meat and some rice, may be vegatables.
Meat used to be a sign of wealth. But nowadays everybody just eats it because they got used to it.
The egyptians sweets and deserts are also quite heavy compared to european sweets. Sadly most of the time when I travel in Egypt and I make a quick stop at a gas station to buy something to eat, I only find chocolate bars and chips...
One more thing: Egyptians are crazy about soft drinks, especially Pepsi and Sven Up- they drink it a lot.. a lot...
Hopefully I will have the chance to eat some homemade, traditional, egyptian food in the near future, to prove me wrong that everything here is unhealthy. But so far I am quite shocked.