I wonder how much of Western food preferences have been distorted by capitalism. There was a concerted marketing push after WWII to get people go eat more processed food and I have to assume there was a big profit motive there.
I have to wonder if the greatest death toll from car culture is making us even more reliant on processed slop. I can't realistically go to the market more than once a week, and people in food deserts or exurban areas are even worse off. Can't be eating fresh greens and quality ingredients all week because those only last a couple days on the shelves. Canned everything and processed enriched bullshit fills the place and we're all the sicker and poorer instead.
Most people eat the food they grew up eating.
I wonder how much of Western food preferences have been distorted by capitalism. There was a concerted marketing push after WWII to get people go eat more processed food and I have to assume there was a big profit motive there.
I have to wonder if the greatest death toll from car culture is making us even more reliant on processed slop. I can't realistically go to the market more than once a week, and people in food deserts or exurban areas are even worse off. Can't be eating fresh greens and quality ingredients all week because those only last a couple days on the shelves. Canned everything and processed enriched bullshit fills the place and we're all the sicker and poorer instead.
Oh the US diet for sure. That’s why it’s so unhealthy.