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It can be very hard to eat a healthy diet if you're poor or if you live in a food desert, or you have a dietary restriction, or some allergies...
by bluefirebrand 2mo ago
It can be very hard to eat a healthy diet if you're poor or if you live in a food desert, or you have a dietary restriction, or some allergies...
- spockz 2mo agoAnd it becomes even harder when you mix any of those two criteria, let alone more. Then factor in your environment. It is way easier to eat healthily in Italy than in the US. (Maybe that is what you meant with Food desert.)
- bluefirebrand 2mo agoFood Deserts are a concept that can exist anywhere but yes, I think they are more common in the rural USA. They are places that don't have nearby access to decent grocery stores, basically. Instead they have to buy all of their food from convenience stores. Imagine doing all of your food shopping at a gas station store because that's the only groceries around. That's a food desert. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert
- QuercusMax 2mo agoNot just a rural thing. Plenty of poor areas in big cities have a dearth of affordable grocery stores.
- refurb 2mo agoI disagree on the “if you’re poor”. I find eating healthy cheaper. You can prepare healthy meals from basic and cheap foodstuffs like vegetables, whole grains and legumes, eggs, low cost meat cuts etc. You can prepare delicious meals for under $1 each. Buying prepared unhealthy foods is what is expensive.
- degamad 2mo ago> I find eating healthy cheaper. Being poor is very expensive. > You can prepare delicious meals for under $1 each. If you have the time and resources to do so.
- bluefirebrand 2mo agoAnd also are located near a grocery store with those kinds of cheap prices. Many poor people literally do not live near a grocery store, the only place they can get foodstuff is a convenience store. Those always have high markups