The fragile USA

[Kasz216]

HappySqurriel said:

Kasz216 said:

I will say that a bag of potatoes is cheaper then the equivlent fast food and quite possibly the heathiest food item in the world.

I agree with most of the rest of what you say... but the healthy foods are there and cheaper then even fast food if you know what your doing.

There are lots of inexpensive and (generally) pretty healthy food, and at one point in time I calculated that it took (roughly) $5 a day to meet the basic nutritional needs of a grown adult with enough flexibility to prevent people from becoming (too) bored with their diet ... The problem is that it takes effort and time to make food using these basic ingredients and the average person will favour more expensive foods that are quicker to cook (and often less nutritious)

Oh yeah.  People are lazy.

I've been trying to compile a list of such health foods myself... though not being too successful.