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Sure. How much do the alternatives cost?
It's all well and good to cry for getting rid of XYZ, but if there's no good alternative (or in this case, cheap), it's just not going to happen.
Also without even reading any of the related research, I know they didn't take things like poverty and marginalisation that many of the people eating "ultra processed" (the new meaningless buzz-phrase) foods deal with, and the impact those have on the body and mind (I guarantee their impact overshadows that of the food by multiple factors, never mind that multiple millions of people also struggle to access healthcare), as well as why those circumstances might leave people very little choice but to eat this kind of food, not to mention the government policies (and lobbying profits) that (quite intentionally) created this whole mess in the first place (from labour laws to education to economy to food and even media regulations).
I'm so sick of this bullshit where every few months there's a new media campaign to blame those at the very bottom for all of the ills of the world (many of which we will be the first victims of and most impacted by) instead of on the actions and profiteering of those at the very top. I know it's a feature of the system not a bug, but I wish more people were aware of just how they're being manipulated to maintain the status quo by those exploiting us all.
Yes!!!!!! I find it hard to generalize ANY scientific study to a population. All of the factors cannot be considered in a lab setting. And a lot of the time, the context of capitalism, white supremacy, and imperialism is not mentioned. The opposite of the diet talk is the conversation about food access. Detroit and so many cities like it are a food dessert. There will always be organizations and farmers who can change that, but you won’t see a Kroger open in Detroit. Eating food is always better than not eating food. I believe it doesn’t matter what you eat.