3 ms·

Poor people eat carbs. Poor people eat fast food. Good food is cheaper than McDonald's, but you have to be able to cook.

• jdminhbg 16y ago
  Fast food and carbs are equivalent: Potatoes, white flour, and sugar. The meat/vegetable content is negligible.
  • argv_empty 16y ago
    According to USDA, the recommended (carb, fat, protein) calorie distribution is (53%, 29%, 18%). Looking at McDonald's nutrition facts, the hamburger follows this distribution pretty closely; the other sandwiches appear to skew towards fat. Even fries still only get half their calories from carbs (and almost half from fat, well above the recommended 29%). When eating out, fat is cheap. Again, good meat and produce (raw materials for cooking) are also accessible for less than it costs to eat out.
    • nitrogen 16y ago
      Where do you buy your affordable meat and produce? Every time I buy raw ingredients for a meal I end up spending like $25 (plus $100 worth of my time) for one or two servings that I could've got for $15 from Applebee's.
      • argv_empty 16y ago
        Where do you buy your affordable meat and produce? The grocery store (and I don't mean some specialty place like Whole Foods -- if we're talking about eating on a tight budget, something like Wal-Mart will be much more helpful).