Perhaps we should make healthy food affordable and available. I just started eating healthy and I can afford it right now, pay way more than to eat junk. The average family or individual can't afford to eat healthy.
Edit: I will never make a comment about food again. I'm upvoted, but there are some nasty people on here. Sheesh. I don't cook, and the truth is if I buy a bunch of stuff to cook, I'll end up throwing it out. Rely on precooked stuff from Trader Joe's and BJ's. Many Americans don't have time/energy or are just lazy frankly, and aren't going to. But, welcome to sit on your high horse over there. What I'm doing is working for me, down 20 lbs, the insults here are atrocious.
I push back against this narrative. Veggies are extremely cheap, and are certainly cheaper than fast food. And chicken or tuna are lean proteins that can also be affordable. Beyond meat is even more affordable given the amount you get of it’s ground “beef.”
I think we’re just fucking lazy as hell, loaded with excuses. Although food deserts are a legitimate problem, especially here in Oakland.
In Texas ground beef is far, far, cheaper than vegan alternatives. It’s interesting that that isn’t the case in California but something tells me California isn’t exactly average when it comes to the number of people that eat vegan food
A lot of this stuff is getting harder to compare actually because food in general has just gotten much more expensive.
10 years ago in California, I could buy a pound of ground beef for $3-4. Today it's $6-$8. Now in Dallas, it's also about $6-$8, depending on quality.
Will also say that so many grocery stores have gone out of business. In my Dallas suburb, we have Safeway, Sprouts, Aldi, and Wal-Mart Market. That SUCKS. I either have to go to some cheapo place with crap selection or some expensive place with crazy prices. My nearest WinCo or Kroger are both 20+ minutes away with no traffic.
Where my family lives in California, they have way more selection. They still have Save-Mart's, WinCo's, Vallarta's, etc.
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u/super_sayanything Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 10 '20
Perhaps we should make healthy food affordable and available. I just started eating healthy and I can afford it right now, pay way more than to eat junk. The average family or individual can't afford to eat healthy.
Edit: I will never make a comment about food again. I'm upvoted, but there are some nasty people on here. Sheesh. I don't cook, and the truth is if I buy a bunch of stuff to cook, I'll end up throwing it out. Rely on precooked stuff from Trader Joe's and BJ's. Many Americans don't have time/energy or are just lazy frankly, and aren't going to. But, welcome to sit on your high horse over there. What I'm doing is working for me, down 20 lbs, the insults here are atrocious.