America's Obesity Epidemic and Possible Solutions

[Sandman]

[Spider]

@Boris
Well, that's just nonsense for TV. Oliver doesn't give a damn. He's making money off the problem just like everyone else.

I'm talking about staples. Beans, rice, corn, potatoes, etc., with smaller amounts of non-processed meats and veg. We eat about 5 times as much meat as we actually need to right now. Our processed foods are basically made of the staples I mention, only with the nutrition removed and the calories/fat/salt jacked up through the roof.

If you know how to cook, you can produce cheap, tasty, nutritious food in quantity. No, it won't taste like a fast food burger, but that is actually a good thing. We've been programmed to demand an entirely unnatural level of salt/fat/sweet...to the degree that anything natural seems bland. The problem isn't real food not tasting great, the problem is fake food tasting artificially great.

Yes, eating fresh produce costs more. But it needn't be the main course every day. We buy a giant tub of organic greens for 6 bucks at safeway once in a while. Eat the stuff every day. Not expensive. Waaay cheaper than hitting a fast food place.

Point I'm making is that real cooking is dead, except apparently as an expensive gourmet exercise a la food network.

[Winchester]

[Winchester]

[JockandBallTorture]

There is no wholesale fix-it that would survive a democratic process.

[OGPhilly]

A lot of what Spider mentioned was on point. Car culture for one. Here in NYC, there are definitely still overweight people. Overweight as in chubby. But truly obese people are few and far between. There are multiple reasons for this but I think the big one is that people walk in this city. Probably at least a few miles a day, without even trying.

Also the matter of home cooked food and let's think about nutritional density when we talk about which food is actually cheaper. A Big Mac and large fries may seem like a cheap meal, but you're going to get hungry again quicker. Eat some grains and veggies, you won't need to eat again for a longer time.

[Medius]

[OGPhilly]

Spider, post up some quick and easy recipes. I'm guilty of being bad about cooking but I'm not spending no 2 hours preparing a meal. What are some quick dishes?

[Mr.Bill]

I brought this up on PP.. And some people thought I was crazy, but it's 100|% true..

I have 4 daughters, when they were home and dating etc. they brought home boyfriends and friends who were 19,20,21 years old and these friends didn't know how to boil water..

If it wasn't for Chinese take-out, and Italian Delis and Pizzerias and Burger King they would starve..

They'd come over our house for dinner and I swear it was the 1st home cooked meal they ever had in their whole lives..

[Winchester]