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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
will, I'm not ignoring the nutrional value. I've been stating that [nutritional] dense food is more expensive to produce than empty non-nutritional foodstuffs.
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Not even that is necessarily true, but it's still irrelevant. Calories and the density of nutrients aren't the issue, it's a question of being full and sustained vs. cost. When you look at that equation, the equation which is relevant to the discussion at hand, then healthy foods aren't necessarily more expensive.
Show me a fast food that's more efficient in "full and sustained vs. cost" than lentils or rice.
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I'm also going to state that the thing everyone has ignored here, is that the individual going to the market to buy these healthier foodstuffs has to have a knowledge and skill to make/create/prepare their own meals. There are many who do not have the skill to even boil water.
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Show me someone who doesn't know an apple is healthier than a cheeseburger and I'll eat my hat. And an apple prepare time is approx. 0 minutes. Same thing with most raw fruits and veggies, and actually, the same with lunch meats, cheeses, and most grains (crackers, serials, etc.). One could easily live on
cheap foods that require no preparation and be totally healthy. What's faster, waiting for a #5 at McDonalds or grabbing a pear, crackers and lunchmeat on the way out the door or at the market?