| ▲ | andsoitis 2 days ago |
| > That is why our food is way better and way healthier than the shit the US makes it's citizens eat. The US optimized for convenience, affordability, and variety. You can eat very healthily in the US, but it requires more intentional choices.
In many (not all) EU countries, the default option is closer to healthy. |
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| ▲ | Lapel2742 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| > You can eat very healthily in the US, but it requires more intentional choices. It requires money too. If you are poor your choices are naturally limited and in the end you are dependent on government regulations to eat at least somewhat healthy. |
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| ▲ | andsoitis 2 days ago | parent [-] | | > It requires money too. If you are poor your choices are naturally limited Yes, because the US optimizes for convenience, price, and variety, so you see more industrialized food. On average, poor people in Europe eat healthier than poor people in the US, but still significantly worse than wealthier Europeans. | | |
| ▲ | Lapel2742 2 days ago | parent [-] | | > On average, poor people in Europe eat healthier than poor people in the US, but still significantly worse than wealthier Europeans. Sure. But in the end the EU feeds it's citizens healthier food than the US does. That's all I'm saying. I'm glad we have those regulations. | | |
| ▲ | andsoitis 2 days ago | parent [-] | | We agree. What's interesting is JFK Jr. (our Secratary of Health and Human Services) has a stance that Americans eat too many ultra-processed foods. He wants people to eat more whole foods and fewer additives. He questions conventional warnings about saturated fat and supports dietary changes than include more full-fat dairy and meats. He prefers education over bans or mandates. | | |
| ▲ | Lapel2742 2 days ago | parent [-] | | > He prefers education over bans or mandates. And that is not working for the poor of which the US seems to have plenty for a developed country. The poor have no choice, even if they are educated, and the food industry is fine with selling them garbage. It's legal to do so after all. AFAIK food is generally even cheaper in Europe than in the USA. Even with those regulations. |
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| ▲ | VonTum a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Regulation is about setting minimum standards for acceptance, not specifying exactly how. This means that if I walk into a random croissant shop and buy a croissant, I don't subsequently have 2 days of food poisoning. Arguably, healthier being the default is also good. The less I personally need to think about this, the more I can think about other more useful things. |
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