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Why are poor people fatter? (pg. 6)
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| _Nut_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Sure you can eat rice and tuna for $4 a day if you just happen to love the way cardboard tastes. |
It is amazing what a little herb and spice can do. Lemons, limes, savory etc.... cook much? |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Nut_
It is amazing what a little herb and spice can do. Lemons, limes, savory etc.... cook much? |
Herbs and spices?? You're ing crazy, man. Where do you live? BIZZARRO WORLD???!! :eyespop: |
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| glass |
| High Fructose Corn Syrup is one of the major additive in cheaper foods. It converts very easily to fat in the body. |
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| iammesol |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Herbs and spices?? You're ing crazy, man. Where do you live? BIZZARRO WORLD???!! :eyespop: |
No, just college. :) |
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| Silky Johnson |
Seriously though:
| quote: | Originally posted by Silky Johnson
People living on low-income are more likely to be depressed. And depressed people are less likely to give a about themselves. |
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| CranberryJuice |
poor people here at least are fatter because they are going to eat more starchy food than fruits and veggies
when u consider u can get at the supermarket a pack of pasta for like 2 or 3 euros for the minimal price instead of having for quite the double of the price a kilogram of veggies ....
so poor people wont have a diversed diet but are more likely to eat potatoes , rice , pasta everyday ....
i guess for US it's about the same with the fast food , the prices u can have over there is incredible especially when u consider for example than a price of a regular mc donalds menu is in france around 6 euros..... |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
mcdonalds is cheaper than subway |
Not here :D |
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| Googooly |
| i think rich people are fatter. |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zild
Sure you can eat rice and tuna for $4 a day if you just happen to love the way cardboard tastes. |
Or if you can recognize the fact that, regardless of what flavor or taste the food you eat has, it's all going to get turned into the same energy or basic buildings blocks anyways.
Our physical requirements for food are about survival. Our body doesn't care whether 1000 calories worth of food tastes good or bad, it only cares that it has those calories available for energy or repairs.
Our mental requirements are quite different though and I like what Halc posted:
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Food is awesome. It tastes great when made properly and some of it is really quite pleasing to our senses - there's an entire culture of food out there within the consumer culture - in fact, one might even argue that cuisine is the complete basis for consumerism in the first place. Like almost every 'civilised' endeavour, mere survival is not enough. It must be pleasing to our senses as well as our cultural sensibilities. It just so happens that western nations tend to hold consumerism quite high, and so the transmission of solipsistic behaviour does not cease, especially when it is paraded about as something "necessary" by those with everything to gain by making everyone gain, so to speak. |
It's true. It's just a shame that so many people get caught up in the attraction of food and lose sight of the survival aspect of it. I don't mean to say that it's not good to enjoy food, I do just as much as anyone but, if I have to eat chicken & rice then so be it. Mentally, I can override my thought of 'Pizza is so much better.'
My belief is that it starts when we are kids. Think of common kid foods. When you go to a restuarant and look at the kid's menu what's on there? Mac & cheese, tater tots, hot dogs, chicken nuggets. WTF! Health food smorgasbord right there! I remember as a kid eating stuff like grilled cheese, PB&J, Fruity Pebbles, all kinds of . It was delicious yes but, did I need it to survive? Absolutely not. But it lays the groundwork for the rest of our lives, the idea that food should be enjoyable.
My belief is that overweight people(while some do have a genetic disposition) generally do not realize exactly how bad the food they eat is. They don't understand the correlation of fat & sugar and calories and the potential damage they can do to the body in excess. Or they do understand it to a certain extent but, they've always believed that 'food should be tasty' and they won't look past that to search for healthy alternatives. And how can you blame them? That's basically what they've been taught since they were kids.
Wow that turned out alot longer than I meant it to. But yeah, all that coming from a former fat kid. ;) |
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| zoogla |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
Food is awesome. |
+1 :gsmile: |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
Or if you can recognize the fact that, regardless of what flavor or taste the food you eat has, it's all going to get turned into the same energy or basic buildings blocks anyways.
Our physical requirements for food are about survival. Our body doesn't care whether 1000 calories worth of food tastes good or bad, it only cares that it has those calories available for energy or repairs.
Our mental requirements are quite different though and I like what Halc posted:
It's true. It's just a shame that so many people get caught up in the attraction of food and lose sight of the survival aspect of it. I don't mean to say that it's not good to enjoy food, I do just as much as anyone but, if I have to eat chicken & rice then so be it. Mentally, I can override my thought of 'Pizza is so much better.'
My belief is that it starts when we are kids. Think of common kid foods. When you go to a restuarant and look at the kid's menu what's on there? Mac & cheese, tater tots, hot dogs, chicken nuggets. WTF! Health food smorgasbord right there! I remember as a kid eating stuff like grilled cheese, PB&J, Fruity Pebbles, all kinds of . It was delicious yes but, did I need it to survive? Absolutely not. But it lays the groundwork for the rest of our lives, the idea that food should be enjoyable.
My belief is that overweight people(while some do have a genetic disposition) generally do not realize exactly how bad the food they eat is. They don't understand the correlation of fat & sugar and calories and the potential damage they can do to the body in excess. Or they do understand it to a certain extent but, they've always believed that 'food should be tasty' and they won't look past that to search for healthy alternatives. And how can you blame them? That's basically what they've been taught since they were kids.
Wow that turned out alot longer than I meant it to. But yeah, all that coming from a former fat kid. ;) |
i ing LOVE chicken and rice. |
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| Lilith |
| BBQ chinese shops are the devil I swear, for change out of $10 here you can get a big tub of steamed white rice, about half a pound of BBQ'ed duck, chicken or pork drowned in honey and soy sauce on top of it... gahh! :eyespop: |
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