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Modern food is kinda weird in how high-energy and very energy-dense food is the default and cheap, and it somehow is more expensive to buy less calories.
by formerly_proven 4y ago
Modern food is kinda weird in how high-energy and very energy-dense food is the default and cheap, and it somehow is more expensive to buy less calories.
- pixl97 4y ago2 primary reasons. A reservoir of easy to store for long periods of time food source is a national security issue for every state, so it tends to be subsidized everywhere. Stable foods can be shipped and stored more cheaply. This coupled with the native desire for salty/sweet/fat puts the modern human at a terrible disadvantage in our current environment.