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by throwing838383
2531 days ago
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Here, even in super expensive CA, In college I got by with less than 2-3$ per day on rolled oats (70c per lb), Onions, potatoes, flax seeds, green peppers, bananas, whole wheat flour etc, all of which were less than 1$ per lb if you go to the right stores (for example Sprouts). Going to McDonalds is much more expensive, something like 20$ per day! With the proper education, you can eat cost effectively and very healthily. And, I know it's really controversial to say this because of the decades of conditioning we've received from the dairy and meat industry, but Meat and Dairy aren't needed in the diet, and have been shown to even cause cancer, heart disease and heart stroke for many. (source Forks over Knives, the documentary, plus the China study -> check it out, seriously.) |
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If you're ordering off of the value menu it's nowhere near that expensive in most of the country.
>rolled oats (70c per lb), Onions, potatoes, flax seeds, green peppers, bananas, whole wheat flour etc
Most of those particularly the wheat flour requires significant preparation--knowledge, time, a stocked and functioning kitchen.
A lot of those people in the bottom 10% of income in the UK aren't going to have an oven.
>With the proper education,
Yes, proper education, plus time, plus a working kitchen. 3 things that the very poor aren't likely to have. And keep in mind this was when you were a single college student, not a working single mother with 2 small kids.