Food is Gross

[SaiKar]

Zerlina, what's your point? That it costs more to eat better food? I'm not sure that counts as news.

[Cerebus]

Well I suppose she also point out that a cellphone costs way less per months than having healthy food, since you mentioned something about this on your last post.

[SaiKar]

Yeah, she kind of made a big deal about that. It was, like, you know, an example. People spend their money on odd stuff. Instead of a cell phone, maybe it's that gym membership you don't use. Or those movies you buy and rarely watch. That new sofa you don't actually need but like the colors of. Whatever. The point is that healthy food is an option and weird consumer goods are an option, and the masses generally go for the consumer goods. It's not like they don't know about the benefits of eating healthier. They just don't care. And ranting about it ain't gunna change their minds.

[drenrin2120]

Yeah, she kind of made a big deal about that. It was, like, you know, an example. People spend their money on odd stuff. Instead of a cell phone, maybe it's that gym membership you don't use. Or those movies you buy and rarely watch. That new sofa you don't actually need but like the colors of. Whatever. The point is that healthy food is an option and weird consumer goods are an option, and the masses generally go for the consumer goods. It's not like they don't know about the benefits of eating healthier. They just don't care. And ranting about it ain't gunna change their minds.

Kinda like those people who have taken out loans for mortgages they can't possibly pay for?

*waits to get berated with "NO"* -_0


I get what you're saying Sai, but that doesn't change the fact that it's simply cheaper and easier (I think being easier is a much bigger reason) to buy crap, processed, mechanically separated, super-preservatized foods.

[drenrin2120]

Well, a combination of everything more than likely.

[Zerlina]

Yeah, I'm saying it costs more to eat regular food. It should cost more. But not so much more that it's inaccessible to vast numbers of people. You can see how much it adds up. And again, not all people have the luxury of choosing between consumer goods and food. A lot of the things you're naming are things that some people take for granted and splurge on, but that other people could never afford.

Also, I think you can technically get fat on fruit...it all depends on how many calories you're taking in. But fruit is generally low in calories and high in fibre (making it filling) so you'd have to eat a damn lot of fruit and feel very sick to gain significant weight.




 

[Valiere]

Also, if that fruit is an avocado.

[Zerlina]

Bananas are pretty heavy too.

But seriously I know what you mean about the bag of apples...I can probably kick back an entire crate of clementines if no one stops me.

[drenrin2120]

Look at the ancient rich Greeks. They're always depicted as being fat and being hand fed grapes. How bad cou-...

I just remembered they used to eat a lot of meat. Didn't they have meat orgies and purge all the time? My theory is abashed.

[Zerlina]

Not really the Greeks. That was more of a Roman thing. They would have orgies, gorge themselves on food, then stick peacock feathers down their throats to throw it all back up.

[Prpl_Mage]

We buy the stuff that is cheap. People don't want to feel hungry so they buy a lot of cheap food instead of little expensive food.
But alas, the cheap food is manufactured pretty badly and not that very healthy. And yet, we are so greedy that we agree on it and buy it either way.

[drenrin2120]

I wouldn't be surprised if American junk food was made out of cattle feed.

[Zerlina]

We buy the stuff that is cheap. People don't want to feel hungry so they buy a lot of cheap food instead of little expensive food.
But alas, the cheap food is manufactured pretty badly and not that very healthy. And yet, we are so greedy that we agree on it and buy it either way.

For a lot of people I think that's true, but again, for a lot of people it's not. http://www.dietitians.ca/resources/resourcesearch.asp?fn=view&contentid=1944

I'm starting to think, though, that maybe this isn't as much of a crisis in Europe as it is in N. America. Even Lucas said it wasn't much of a problem in Brazil.

[MissingName]

I'm pretty sure Taco Bell meat is worse than dog food meat.

[drenrin2120]

In regards to terrible meat. Back in my highschool days, A friend of mine swears he caught a glimpse of some boxes being unloaded from a truck. It was frozen foods and stuff and on the side of the box labeled "HOT DOGS" apparently it said, "Grade D, but edible."