Understandably, I had a dream last night that I was reading ingredients on food labels.
I like to keep track of whether there is a cost difference between real food and fake food over time, based on how much money is spent out of our family budget on groceries. I’m specifying only groceries, because the cost of factory food on medical expenses would considerably tip the scales. (Tip the scales in a huge “weigh” too.)
A CDC report said heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, obesity, and arthritis are among the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems. Forty percent of American adults and 20% of children are obese. In 2021, more than half of the children in 20 states consumed fruits and vegetables less than once a day, excluding sweetened fruit juices. Why aren’t 100% of people having at least one fruit and vegetable per day? I wonder what the numbers would be if the people responding weren’t considering french fries a vegetable. Annual obesity-related medical care costs in the United States, in 2019 dollars, were estimated to be nearly $173 billion.
