• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Agreed. Clinton renewed the corn subsidy that led to overproduction, driving high fructose corn syrup below the cost of sugar.

    Try an Italian soda. They’re fucking delicious. Fruit juice and carbonated water. Not in America. We use corn for our soda.

    Cooking your own food aside, if healthy foods were less expensive, then “quickly prepared” food establishments would be able to reasonably compete with fast food prices. $20 for a well made salad is just unreasonable.

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        23 days ago

        Calories, maybe. Definitely not nutrition, unless McDonald’s gives you a free multivitamin and Ensure with every Big Mac.

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          Yes, I was mostly referencing calories, and more specifically referencing fast food salads. You’re right that even if the calories are equivalent the micronutrient value of the salad is likely better.

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            Oh, yeah, their salads are trash. A fistful of iceberg and a gallon of thousand island.

            I was referring to “quickly prepared” food places, like delis, or health food quick-order restaurants. They have to charge $20 a salad because the ingredients aren’t subsidized like corn. Well, unless you get soybeans in your salad.

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              Coincidentally soy is one of my favorite home cooking ingredients! Tofu, TVP, and especially soy curls.