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The cost of diet point is absolutely true. I'm a writer and filmmaker living in Europe - i.e.: poor. I've also got a variety of food intolerances and health iss
by dbspin 2y ago
The cost of diet point is absolutely true. I'm a writer and filmmaker living in Europe - i.e.: poor. I've also got a variety of food intolerances and health issues, which compound over time. To help with stomach and sleep issues I'm currently trying to eat only foods I cook from scratch: mostly fish, meat and veg and a little fruit. It's wildly more expensive (and time consuming) than cooking prepackaged food. Fortunately I'm located in Ireland where there are plentiful sources of good quality fresh veg and meat, but it has literally doubled my weekly shop cost vs say pasta, chips, processed meat and other cheap carbs.
- MrVandemar 2y ago> pasta, chips, processed meat and other cheap carbs. Carbs are one aspect of diet. There's very little actual nutrition in any of those things.
- dbspin 2y agoYes, that's my point... It's cheaper to eat poorly. It's (significantly) more expensive to eat well. As I said before I'm spending more than twice as much cooking from scratch. And (as I'm coeliac and intolerant of milk) I wasn't eating the cheapest food before by any means. I reckon here in Dublin, the cheapest (and extremely unhealthy) diet of oven chips, pasta, bread etc - could be had for well under 20 euro per person per week. Whereas my partner and I are currently spending around 150 on veg and meet between us.