I disagree with this. I can't afford organic food, and I am struggling to afford from-scratch ingredients. I'm not kidding about that part, it's actually cheaper for me to buy some heavily-processed pre-made food than it is for me to buy raw ingredients, and there's something really wrong with that. When I was a kid, my mom saved money by making everything from scratch. Now it's becoming a lost art. My mom also used to knit and crochet--she gave it up when she realized the yarn cost more than buying a pre-made sweater. Today's generation is coming to the same conclusions about food: even if they have the time and ability, it just plain costs more. Why work harder and pay more for the same result of not being hungry anymore?
I need to take pictures of my local supermarket, because a large bag of chips is cheaper than a can of beans. When I try to get poverty food, the old standbys like rice and beans, pasta, etc, it's too damn expensive, so junk is the new poverty food. I know I've passed plenty of nights using a bag of chips to stave off hunger because it was cheap and effortless. The problem is eating like this tends to give me less energy, which means I don't have energy to cook later, even if I have the time. Then I get into this downward spiral of never having the energy to cook, and eating crap that gives me no energy. When I do make the effort to make my own food, I feel a lot better, even though it isn't ~organic~.
FTR, I'm not fat, I have kind of a ridiculous metabolism. If anything, that makes me more likely to eat crap, because I have an enormous appetite.
Organic just means you get fewer pesticides, right? This is obviously a good thing to support for the environment, and it's not too much of a stretch to say pesticides probably aren't good for us, but Iii don't think it's pesticides making people fat? Unless you have evidence to the contrary, that is.
I need to take pictures of my local supermarket, because a large bag of chips is cheaper than a can of beans. When I try to get poverty food, the old standbys like rice and beans, pasta, etc, it's too damn expensive, so junk is the new poverty food. I know I've passed plenty of nights using a bag of chips to stave off hunger because it was cheap and effortless. The problem is eating like this tends to give me less energy, which means I don't have energy to cook later, even if I have the time. Then I get into this downward spiral of never having the energy to cook, and eating crap that gives me no energy. When I do make the effort to make my own food, I feel a lot better, even though it isn't ~organic~.
FTR, I'm not fat, I have kind of a ridiculous metabolism. If anything, that makes me more likely to eat crap, because I have an enormous appetite.
Organic just means you get fewer pesticides, right? This is obviously a good thing to support for the environment, and it's not too much of a stretch to say pesticides probably aren't good for us, but Iii don't think it's pesticides making people fat? Unless you have evidence to the contrary, that is.
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