There is nothing more affordable than vegetables, beans and rice. But some people don’t want to cook them. It’s easier to buy fast food.
If people who have limited budgets would take responsibility for their diet, there would not be a problem.
These days, if you’re poor, you get FAT, not skinny.
Veggies, beans & rice are inexpensive, but add in meat & fish and it’s a race to $100 in 2 sacks.
Almost anything that is ready to eat, be it fast food from a restaurant or something you buy in a box and nuke in a microwave is going to be higher in calories.
People who cook from scratch probably reap the benefits of a healthier diet, but they are also going to be people who are, by nature, more active and thus more healthy than people who don't.
I just got through spending 45 minute preparing homemade gyoza for dinner tonight. Fresh rice is cooking and I am about to start on miso soup.
Having a woman that insists we eat healthy has been one of my life's major blessings. Lord knows I could stand to lose a few pounds, but by American standards, I am barely even fat.
Veggies are most certainly not cheap here in South Texas. Not the way we go through them...