Five Myths About Healthy Eating
POSTED BY: Geezer
UPDATED: Monday, June 25, 2012 22:59
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Quote:To someone with a monthly income of $400, it's half a month's salary--a salary whose every cent is already allocated for rent and utilities and transportation and food. (Do you KNOW any poor people?)
Originally posted by Geezer:
At $198.00 delivered, it's not that expensive.
I believe in personal responsibility, of course. An individual always has the choice to eat more healthily. (ETA: Assuming that he/she is not starving, which then is a different situation.)
But we would be negligent and disingenuous if we don't acknowledge that industry and society and culture don't make it EASY to make that choice. For many poor people (esp. REALLY poor people), that making a choice to eat healthily is a choice to swim upstream.
It shouldn't be that way.
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Quote:I think there are different ways to become a Reaver. That is, there is the original way they were created, and then there is a way for them to "procreate," as it were.
Originally posted by RionaEire:
Because the guy in the ship became a Reaver without any PAX.
That is not to argue with your main point that Joss may have been figuring it all out as he went along.
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CTS, its been a while.
I agree with your asessment upon the Reaver situation. Reasonable position. It makes me think about the lengths one will go to to survive, to cope, to keep going, even if it isn't pretty or desirable.
"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya
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Quote:
Originally posted by RionaEire:
CTS, its been a while.
I agree with your asessment upon the Reaver situation. Reasonable position. It makes me think about the lengths one will go to to survive, to cope, to keep going, even if it isn't pretty or desirable.
Having seen some of those lengths, both personally and in my work, I have a tremendous respect for the indomitable human will, which can be downright awesome in its power.
Sure, some of those triumphs are ugly, but they ARE triumphs, none the less.
-Frem
I do not serve the Blind God.
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Well, I was going through some old links, and one of them brought this thread to mind. This is the thread where Geezer claims that if poor people weren't so stupid and lazy, and where little Rappy claims that if poor people just weren't SUCH stupid sheep, they could ALL eat healthy nutritious meals, every meal, every day.
http://www.laboratoryequipment.com/news-Healthy-Eating-Costs-More-0805
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Healthy Eating Costs More
A healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional guidelines, according to a study that says the government should do more to help consumers eat healthier.
An update of what used to be known as a food pyramid in 2010 had called on Americans to eat more foods containing potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin D and calcium. But if they did that, the study authors say, they would add hundreds more dollars to their annual grocery bill.
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