Comments on: Mathematically Finding The Biggest Nutritional Bang For Your Buck http://www.foodbubbles.com/blog/2009/05/20/mathematically-finding-the-biggest-nutritional-bang-for-your-buck/ Why Food Politics Matters Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:48:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ragnarok Mehoff http://www.foodbubbles.com/blog/2009/05/20/mathematically-finding-the-biggest-nutritional-bang-for-your-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 Ragnarok Mehoff Fri, 22 May 2009 21:58:02 +0000 http://www.foodbubbles.com/blog/?p=1457#comment-1823 But I've been hearing about "their findings" and "the research results" for a while now. Undoubtedly, so have legislators...so I def. agree with you that our current state stems from the "industrial food companies (makers of all the cheap, unhealthy foods)" have more funding to lobby. Hehe...maybe I'll lobby against them? ;) But I’ve been hearing about “their findings” and “the research results” for a while now. Undoubtedly, so have legislators…so I def. agree with you that our current state stems from the “industrial food companies (makers of all the cheap, unhealthy foods)” have more funding to lobby.
Hehe…maybe I’ll lobby against them? ;)

]]> By: foodbubbles http://www.foodbubbles.com/blog/2009/05/20/mathematically-finding-the-biggest-nutritional-bang-for-your-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-1820 foodbubbles Fri, 22 May 2009 21:28:56 +0000 http://www.foodbubbles.com/blog/?p=1457#comment-1820 Actually, that's the sad part of this story. A ton of studies have replicated these findings over the years. Sometimes a food writer or journalist happens upon the info and exposes the simplicity underlying the obesity problem--that healthy foods are more expensive these days and poorer people must choose the cheaper, less healthy foods just to get the calories they need. Yet, most of these findings just languish in academic journals. The foodies and health researchers understand the problem, but the knowledge hasn't reached a tipping point. I'm sure the industrial food companies (makers of all the cheap, unhealthy foods) try their best to keep this info under wraps and/or make legislators think it would be too hard to amend the food price gap. Yet, there's a simple solution: GET RID OF THE SUBSIDIES! Actually, that’s the sad part of this story. A ton of studies have replicated these findings over the years. Sometimes a food writer or journalist happens upon the info and exposes the simplicity underlying the obesity problem–that healthy foods are more expensive these days and poorer people must choose the cheaper, less healthy foods just to get the calories they need. Yet, most of these findings just languish in academic journals.

The foodies and health researchers understand the problem, but the knowledge hasn’t reached a tipping point. I’m sure the industrial food companies (makers of all the cheap, unhealthy foods) try their best to keep this info under wraps and/or make legislators think it would be too hard to amend the food price gap. Yet, there’s a simple solution: GET RID OF THE SUBSIDIES!

]]> By: Ulysses Kroköv http://www.foodbubbles.com/blog/2009/05/20/mathematically-finding-the-biggest-nutritional-bang-for-your-buck/comment-page-1/#comment-1818 Ulysses Kroköv Fri, 22 May 2009 19:47:06 +0000 http://www.foodbubbles.com/blog/?p=1457#comment-1818 "Perhaps the time has come to acknowledge that most people eat the foods affordable to them, that is, they make the best of the options available." ....Yeah, no shit...I'm glad millions of dollars in studies and expertise have yielded this very obscure result.... Why has it taken them so loooong.... “Perhaps the time has come to acknowledge that most people eat the foods affordable to them, that is, they make the best of the options available.”

….Yeah, no shit…I’m glad millions of dollars in studies and expertise have yielded this very obscure result….

Why has it taken them so loooong….

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