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Originally Posted by aka123
That is all? I thought that food is supposed to be cheap in US. Although vegetables are not usually that cheap and at least limes cost quite much in here. Beans, peas and rice, about 3 € per 0,5-1 kg bag. Let's make it 9 euros. Eggs another 3, it is now 12 euros. 17 euros left. Maybe she could have spent that portion more wisely.
There was article some time ago (about research in UK) that poor people have troubles to afford eat healtly, at least vegetable wise. If you buy much limes, chilis, etc. that is surely even harder. Similarly there was research about US hobos, and they are pretty much all fat. They eat chips, drink soda, etc. with much calories, but with little nuttrition value. Thus they are fat and poorly nuttritioned.
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Food is cheap in the US? The healthier you eat the more expensive it is. Eating healthy is hard work. Makes sense that a lot of people on assistance would buy the frozen food, processed nonsense to make food last so they don't have to spend as much or shop as often. A bag of chicken fingers can make a few meals where as 1.5lbs of chicken is just going to feed for tonight. Not even sure of poundage I could be off with that, I always look at how many pieces since I cook for 5
We make it so easy to be unhealthy. It's a shame.