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> if you’re ready to spend 40$ per meal ( either in restaurants or buying in organic groceries), but anything under that price will get you fat, sweeten,artific

> if you’re ready to spend 40$ per meal ( either in restaurants or buying in organic groceries), but anything under that price will get you fat, sweeten,artifically flavored, huge piles of sh*t. This is really exaggerated. I lived in SF, and would easily prepare healthy meals for ~$6-8 per meal ($2-3 for some proteins, $1 or less for some portion of rice or some bread, and the rest for vegetables). Maybe $10 max if I felt like eating avocado :) For one thing, healthy != organic. As much as pesticides are harmful on the long run, the biggest health hazard is the type of food you consume, not its provenance. Eating bananas or some oatmeal instead of pop tarts and Oreos saves you money.

samsonradu 8y ago
You used the word prepare. Plenty of people do not have that option, either because they're in a hurry or they don't live nearby or, like in my case, they're tourists. Though I agree that SF is better than other places, having more health-ish food shops, overall US-wise it's not easy to avoid sugars.
- frockington 8y ago
  It's really easy to avoid sugars and when not in SF its even cheaper. In Ohio a healthy meal for 2 would be ~$5. $0.50 for rice, $0.50 for beans, 2 peppers for $1.50, pound of chicken for $1.50.
- halflings 8y ago
  GP spent a month in SF so I assumed they weren't a tourist. They also mentioned organic groceries so they included cooked meals in this. Even if you eat out, you won't have to pay $40 for a healthy meal. You can get something good for $15-20, which is still pretty expensive... but not $40, and not significantly more expensive than comparable unhealthy foods; of course McDonalds is cheaper, but then again unless we're talking about people that have no money to spare, it's more likely they're choosing unhealthy food rather than being forced to buy it.

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> if you’re ready to spend 40$ per meal ( either in restaurants or buying in organic groceries), but anything under that price will get you fat, sweeten,artific

by halflings 8y ago

samsonradu 8y ago
You used the word prepare. Plenty of people do not have that option, either because they're in a hurry or they don't live nearby or, like in my case, they're tourists. Though I agree that SF is better than other places, having more health-ish food shops, overall US-wise it's not easy to avoid sugars.
- frockington 8y ago
  It's really easy to avoid sugars and when not in SF its even cheaper. In Ohio a healthy meal for 2 would be ~$5. $0.50 for rice, $0.50 for beans, 2 peppers for $1.50, pound of chicken for $1.50.
- halflings 8y ago
  GP spent a month in SF so I assumed they weren't a tourist. They also mentioned organic groceries so they included cooked meals in this. Even if you eat out, you won't have to pay $40 for a healthy meal. You can get something good for $15-20, which is still pretty expensive... but not $40, and not significantly more expensive than comparable unhealthy foods; of course McDonalds is cheaper, but then again unless we're talking about people that have no money to spare, it's more likely they're choosing unhealthy food rather than being forced to buy it.