Nov12
Opinion - The Boston Globe - High Prices, Unhealthy Foods
After reading this article (High Prices, Unhealthy Foods), I sent an email off to the person who sent it to me:
My worry is that people see this and call upon the government to legislate “bad foods” away when doing that is just another form of the laziness people show when buying the food in the first place. As Christopher Kimball wrote, “We could, through different purchasing decisions, change the food industry overnight.” However, by also saying, “But are we up to the task of saving ourselves? I doubt it,” he’s saying that people can’t make their own “correct” decisions, so they’ll have to have their decisions made for them. Scary.
Now that I’ve got that off my chest, we should all know that the “healthy” foods aren’t healthy, and that plain, whole foods are best. The problem is the time factor. You have to plan the meal, go out and buy the fresh groceries, prepare the meal, then eat the meal. And we have to do this (except buying the groceries each time) anywhere from 2 to 6 times a day? Oh HELL no! So it’s easier to buy something less healthy but time-saving — and that’s where the added monetary cost can be placed, into the time-saving category. We pay more so we can spend less time preparing the food.
So time management and whole foods butt heads, and usually the healthy food gives way first. The trick then becomes taking those two things out of the ring, where time management and good food can’t fight. If good food is put above the fray, untouchable by time management, then time management has to allow for good foods to be made. So we switch our priorities and probably get healthier, but with the way things are now for most people — couples working, no one person in charge of meals — it’s easier to get take-out than to go through the whole process of making a good meal.
What can we offer for time management solutions that allow for healthy eating and less time spent preparing the food? So far we only have processed foods that aren’t as good for us… maybe we can find a better solution.
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