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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (23 children)

Lack of free time to cook healthy food with a busier and more expensive life with salary raises that don't keep up with inflation or layoffs for many people definitely doesn't help. Healthy food ends up costing twice as much, if not more than unhealthy food. It's a multi-faceted problem and should be treated as such.

[–] TurtleJoe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (22 children)

I don't think healthy food is necessarily more expensive, at least not if you know what you're doing. My personal experience is actually the opposite.

The problem, as you mentioned is the time, and the emotional and physical labor of figuring out something the whole family will want to eat and cooking it. Those things are all expenditures in their own ways, but not financial.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Tell me a healthy meal I can make for the same 5 bucks that I can feed 4 people with by buying a red baron pizza.

[–] violetraven@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Love how everyone is like "beans and rice!" and totally ignoring the energy and time it takes to make such things. And not everyone is a fan of beans and rice. At the end of the day being able to have a slice of pizza may be the only bright spot when you're living paycheck to paycheck.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

and some combination of beans and rice is the only example they can come up with.

Who wants to eat beans and rice every single day for the rest of their lives?

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