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I feel your pain. Everytime I go out to buy me some grapes, the price shocks me. Its enough to get me 2 big mac meals.
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If somethings organic and natural, Why should it cost more if it's not going through all the chemical processes that the crap we eat goes through?
among other things...chemical fertilizers are cheaper than natural ones.
I believe they also incur more loss per crop b/c they do not use chemical pesticides
Originally Posted by NostrandAve68
And its a cycle that the government doesnt even have to control, look at the most common forms of death in america, heart disease, diabetes and etc they are hereditary diseases so it can be passed on from generation to generationOriginally Posted by Barack 0drama
Yep.
I've thought about this so many times.
It's so easy to eat garbage, Yet it's a chore to eat right.
If somethings organic and natural, Why should it cost more if it's not going through all the chemical processes that the crap we eat goes through?
It would seem like it's more expensive to put preservatives, chemicals etc into the food than it is not to.
But that's how they control society I guess.
Originally Posted by DJprestige21
It's really not.
Water - Free
Bag of 10 Chicken Breasts - $9.50
Loaf of Whole Grain Bread - $3.50
Eggs - Around $2-3
Ground Turkey - $5
Lettuce - Around $3
Olive oil & Spices to make food taste decent - $10
Now for example, if you are eating 4 meals a day this is plenty for 4 days of food for a grand total of $32. Then again the average person has no grasp what eating healthy actually is.
Originally Posted by shiznut123
That's like dinner for two people, or even one person.
Originally Posted by emmanuelabor
Originally Posted by DJprestige21
It's really not.
Water - Free
Bag of 10 Chicken Breasts - $9.50
Loaf of Whole Grain Bread - $3.50
Eggs - Around $2-3
Ground Turkey - $5
Lettuce - Around $3
Olive oil & Spices to make food taste decent - $10
Now for example, if you are eating 4 meals a day this is plenty for 4 days of food for a grand total of $32. Then again the average person has no grasp what eating healthy actually is.
where are you getting ground turkey for $5? is that for ½ a .lb?
Yaaaaa okaaaayyyyOriginally Posted by NostrandAve68
Population control.
People that eat unhealthy are more prone to various health conditions and die at a younger age compared to those who eat healthy. If everyone ate healthy, excercised often and the medical field being what it is the avg life expectancy would probably rise by 9-10 years. How else would insurance companies make billions of dollars?
I agree 100%Originally Posted by NostrandAve68
Population control.
People that eat unhealthy are more prone to various health conditions and die at a younger age compared to those who eat healthy. If everyone ate healthy, excercised often and the medical field being what it is the avg life expectancy would probably rise by 9-10 years. How else would insurance companies make billions of dollars?
Originally Posted by DeadsetAce
junk food uses cheap ingredients so it's cheap...
I love the products that you have to basically pay double the amount for if they take out ingredients to make it better for you...
Can of black beans - 77 cents
Those same black beans minus the salt - $1.39
Peanut Butter with 87 ingredients on the label - $1.99
"Natural" Peanut Butter with 2 ingredients - $2.99
Big tub regular yogurt - $2.99
Bit tub yogurt without added sugar - $4.29
Exactly what I'm saying.
word a lot of poorer families only have a few bucks for dinner so they get what they can afford... which is cheap garbage.... so that's whythey are unhealthy....plus also in poorer neighborhoods there really aren't many spots to buy healthy food... freaking catch 22Originally Posted by kicksgetmehigh
Sometimes, I feel like the government is behind this mess, allowing the less fortunate to eat whats available to them which is junk... look at the dollar menu at your local fast food spot! See what I mean?
Originally Posted by kicksgetmehigh
I notice how alot of grocery stores would put all the greasy stuff and all the junk foods right in the middle of the grocery store and the produce section is waaaaaay off to the side.
Also with grass fed cows there is a much smaller chance of mad cow disease or any other food born pathogen to be in the food because the cows are eating what there meant to be eating, Grass, not the feed (corn) that they eat, which makes them sick which is why they have to have anti-biotics pumped into them.
As meat goes, you're absolutely right in that grass-fed cows are healthier. Besides genetically modified corn and soy, many cows are fedessentially waste material - including meat from other cows and euthanized domestic animals. It isn't just the food and the rBGH that makes them sick, ofcourse, that may also be attributed to factory farm conditions in which many cows spend virtually their entire lives indoors, cheek to jowl with other cows.
That said, even grass-feeding cattle has its drawbacks. Aside from the ethical issues involved in the slaughter, there's still the issue of land use andenvironmental pollution associated with grazing. As if the beef industry weren't subsidized enough, over 250 million acres of public land are used forgrazing. The public receives but a tiny fraction of the land's value while the massive herds of cattle devastate the land and release enormous amounts ofmethane - which is twenty times more destructive as a greenhouse gas than CO2. Land currently allocated to cattle could be far more efficiently utilizedfarming fruits, vegetables, or legumes.
As meat goes, you're absolutely right in that grass-fed cows are healthier. Besides genetically modified corn and soy, many cows are fed essentially waste material - including meat from other cows and euthanized domestic animals. It isn't just the food and the rBGH that makes them sick, of course, that may also be attributed to factory farm conditions in which many cows spend virtually their entire lives indoors, cheek to jowl with other cows.Originally Posted by Method Man
Also with grass fed cows there is a much smaller chance of mad cow disease or any other food born pathogen to be in the food because the cows are eating what there meant to be eating, Grass, not the feed (corn) that they eat, which makes them sick which is why they have to have anti-biotics pumped into them.
Originally Posted by KanyeWestJayZ4life
Everytime i buy healthy food, from this health store around my way. I feel like this: