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Veggie panic! Seeing eye to eye
Irrational irritant of the day, I saw an article today bemoaning how most people don't eat the recommended 4-5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. The article asserts that people eat foods with Omega-3 and probiotics and then think they're eating healthily, while fruits and veggies are on the decline.
Hey, you know what? Maybe it's not because people are deluded into thinking they're eating healthy food. Maybe it's related to the fact that I can pay around ten fucking dollars for six apples at the supermarket. If fruit weren't priced like a luxury, I would buy more than twice that.
I looove fruits and vegetables. I would eat carrots and apples and clementines and grapes and tomatoes and cucumber and sugar-snap peas and fresh string beans all day. You'd have to convince me to stop eating it long enough to get some damn protein. My peers are eating ramen for dinner while I consume two servings of broccoli like every night, unless I'm having corn, or a salad. But it's not sustainable because I live on a damn budget and I can't afford 4-5 servings of fruits and veggies a day.
Make it cheaper, then talk to me.
Hey, you know what? Maybe it's not because people are deluded into thinking they're eating healthy food. Maybe it's related to the fact that I can pay around ten fucking dollars for six apples at the supermarket. If fruit weren't priced like a luxury, I would buy more than twice that.
I looove fruits and vegetables. I would eat carrots and apples and clementines and grapes and tomatoes and cucumber and sugar-snap peas and fresh string beans all day. You'd have to convince me to stop eating it long enough to get some damn protein. My peers are eating ramen for dinner while I consume two servings of broccoli like every night, unless I'm having corn, or a salad. But it's not sustainable because I live on a damn budget and I can't afford 4-5 servings of fruits and veggies a day.
Make it cheaper, then talk to me.