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It is pretty ironic and sad that following a healthy diet, including CR, is much harder in Western nations and esp in the US. - Processed food costs less than
by dirkg 9y ago
It is pretty ironic and sad that following a healthy diet, including CR, is much harder in Western nations and esp in the US.
- Processed food costs less than fresh food.
- Multiple generations of people have been conditioned to eat processed and junk food.
- People believe in the myth that 'cooking takes too long'
- People are lazy and don't want to spend any time on cooking/food even when living a life of luxury compared to the rest of the world.
All of which is the opposite of most developing countries. US and UK are very close in this respect. Even many European countries value shopping for and eating fresh food much more.
CR, and eating in general should be about buying nutrient dense but low caloric foods - which is a mostly plant based diet of fresh food. The exact kind of food which is artificially expensive and considered a 'fad'.
- Qub3d 9y agoIf you're concerned about the "Western Diet", Michael Pollan wrote an interesting treatise on it, called In Defense of Food. His arguments are very similar to yours.