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It's worth mentioning that (in the USA) cheap (read: subsidised) corn led to cheap sweeteners (i.e., high fructose corn syrup). That made more foods sweeter and

• reedjosh 6y ago
  I wish corn/wheat weren't subsidized. Half of a typical supermarket is filled with artificially cheap grain based product. The `stick to the perimeter` mantra about how to buy healthy food is directly related to the fact that grain based products tend toward the middle of most stores.
  • jfengel 6y ago
    Unfortunately, that advice no longer helps you avoid artificially cheap grain based products. The meat counter, nearly always on the perimeter, is full of grain-fed meat. And the frozen aisle, former composed largely of frozen versions of the produce section, is now dominated by prepared foods that are fairly calorie-dense and nutrient-poor -- and made from those same grain-based products. There are good choices to make in both those sections. (Or at least, better choices.) And better than the shelf-stable products that are even more calorie-dense (because water makes things spoil) in the middle aisles. But it's become a lot more complicated than it used to be.