One of the few topics where I tend to lean with the Dims. Quality of food available at affordable prices is terrible. I made a conscious effort to eat healthy a few years ago and switched to mostly single ingredient items and cooking for myself/family. It’s expensive. Walmart and even Target lack quality produce and meats. Sams and Costco have better quality but then you’re buying in bulk. There’s also more effort and time involved with cooking for yourself and eating healthy. It’s a triple whammy.

First step I would take as government would be to restrict the use of food stamps significantly to healthier options. People on welfare should not be able to also get fat on the taxpayer dollar and end up costing us far more in healthcare costs long term. Sorry I don’t believe in your freedom of choice if you can’t fend for yourself

2 ...

Report Post

Posted by Weekend Warrior79

Member since Aug 2014

16614 posts

Posted on 3/4/23 at 8:32 am to Upperdecker

quote:
Walmart and even Target lack quality produce and meats

Because the market size isn’t there. If there was a sizable portion of the population interested in it, you can guarantee there would be more options and at better pricing

quote:
government would be to restrict the use of food stamps significantly to healthier options.

I grew up on that government food. You used to have to go to a “food pantry” and could only get certain items. People bitched, so they started doing the cards but had to buy unprepared foods. People bitched some more, so now they allow just about anything in the store. Will not be surprised if we see fast food restaurants accepting food stamps in our lifetime

0 ...

Report Post

Posted by SpartanSoul

Member since Aug 2016

888 posts

Posted on 3/4/23 at 9:51 am to Upperdecker

quote:
It’s expensive. Walmart and even Target lack quality produce and meats

You are correct about food quality being the problem but wrong about availability and prices. We have changed our way of eating as well and have only seen a small increase since it balances out. We spend more on quality but don't buy all the crap, it evens out overall. Quality food also increases satiety so no constant snacking.

You can get grass fed grass finished beef at Walmart for $5.83 per lb. Beef That's as healthy as you can get. If you carefully pick your produce they have fine options as well. Problem is no one bothers. They are hooked on the low quality crap.

To fix it will take fixing decades of poor nutrition "science" and policy.

Get rid of crap seed oils.
Stop the war on healthy natural fats.
Stop the overprocessing of all of the grain based foods.
Stop added sugar and HFCS in damn near everything.
Review the GRAS and "natural flavors" that are practically unregulated and in everything.

None of this will happen because there is too much money involved. Corn and HFCS are just like ethanol and are untouchable because of the Iowa primary. shite food is easy to produce in huge amounts with better margins than healthy food.

Big Pharma likes it because they can get you hooked on lifetime subscriptions of highly profitable drugs.

So as long as Big Pharma and Big Ag own our politicians and fund the vast majority of nutrition studies there will be no change. And no matter what anyone thinks the vast majority can't outrun a bad diet. It will eventually catch up with them.

0 ...

Report Post

O-T Lounge - Replies to Post

Return To Board

Page 1

Return To Board