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Originally Posted by tld221
but eating healthy isnt just about "wanting to do better." there's a mindset and lifestyle change that goes along with weight loss and healthy eating that most people cant get with, mostly because of the food that's available (and not available) to them. when i'm at home, my supermarket options are Fine Fare and Key Food (which are pretty low-end supermarkets). however when i'm on campus/in school, i can get to a Food Emporium, a Whole Foods and even a Trader Joe's, not to mention an abundance of fruit and veggie stands. so even the industry is saying, "f*ck the po' folks, they can't afford to eat better so we wont even give them the option."
i think the saddest thing is that we (as citizens of a highlydeveloped country) have the OPTION of nutritional food, and most won't/can't take advantage.
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So when I started my Ph.D. program I asked that question about low income supermarkets having poor food choices and never got an skrait answer... This was back in 1994...
Anyhow, I see I am not the only person noticing the difference...
Here's what is interesting to me... Refined sugar and salt are drugs, period... They are highly addictive. Try going off all sugar and salt products for a week and see if you do not get the "shakes" like a crack addict...
So, the quick and easy food to buy, by the fact it is processed, is often high in sugar and salt byproducts... And forget the fat calories in these meals, they are off the chart...
So if these low-end supermarkets fail to supply healthy and nutritious food to poorer communities--albeit they would deny that allegation 100% and prove that folks like US don't WANT to purchase healthy food--then how is anyone from these communities supposed to improve our health condition. Let's say we know what healthy eating looks like: vegetables, lean cuts of meat, some low/non-fat dairy, plenty of water, grains--the food pyramid stuff...
My thought is that OUR people fail to eat that way simply because it is outside OUR culture because "they" said "good food" was NEVER for us--like back in the slavery days when folks did thangs with the greens and "pot liquor"...
So our ancestors were resolved to eating salted pork, that made their hypertension worse, but back then it didn't matter because we didn't live that long.
But the granes, Collards, Mustards and Turnips--granes--oh right now, that's the most healthiest food on the planet, until we cook it... Like, the Executive Chefs have given their "stamp of approval" and make culinary delights that WE can no longer afford because "granes" are now "healthy" for you--ONLY IF YOU DON'T cook it like WE do...
Now, how many of our grandparents are gonna buy that logic?
Homie gettin' out the car... He ain't EVA gonna lose that weight 'less he gets bariatric. Period. And his heart is prolly overloaded and has cardiomyopathy unless he's already an insulin resistant type 2 diabetic with a non-existant dysfunctional pancreas and steatohepatosis...
Suffice to say, most folks like dat dere are only eating to supply brain neurotransmission... That is why bad food, like larded fried chicken with MSG pork and butter is not the best kinna diet one can consume, especially if they dayum near 300 lbs.