> Healthy food is simply more expensive Not. True. It just isn't. It's true that _many_ healthy foods - particularly when purchased pre-prepared - are expensi

> Healthy food is simply more expensive Not. True. It just isn't. It's true that _many_ healthy foods - particularly when purchased pre-prepared - are expensive. Many unhealthy foods are also expensive. However, consider beans. They're one of the healthiest foods, are extremely cheap, and so convenient that you can eat them right out of the can. $2 gets you two cans - 700 calories - full of fiber, protein, and vitamins. Or, for the same price, you can get a 500 calorie Bacon McDouble. The problem is not that "all healthy food is expensive" - it's not - it's that there are a lot of very tasty, very cheap, extremely _calorie dense_ foods, and a lot of people who lack the knowledge or willpower - yes, qualities that are often the product of poverty - to stop eating those foods all the time. But the healthy food itself isn't expensive.