Kentucky leads the United States in sugar consumption
- By Ron Mehico
- The Paddock - General Discussion Forum
- 88 Replies
This is a totally separate argument here that I’m making and I realize that - but it’s appropriate here imo. I do all the grocery shopping for my family of 5. I’m very health conscious. So for example instead of buying hormone laced value brand milk I buy the grass fed organic free range milk which is around 7 dollars for a half gallon. The vital farms free range eggs are about 4 times the cost of the value eggs. I know you may think that’s ridiculous but I don’t want to eat the eggs of the de-beaked tortured chickens in a pen - I want the free range healthy chickens - same with milk - same with the actual chicken. And you can absolutely tell the difference. The eggs literally look completely different. The free range yolk is a completely different, much darker color and they taste much much better and go bad quicker. Organic antibiotic free chicken is triple the cost.
I have this app called “Yuka” that’s European where you scan the UPC and it tells you health rating from 0-100. It tells you the sodium, sugar, etc. Butbthe coolest thing is it lists additives. I used to get Lunchables for my kids for lunch for ease and one day I scanned them and they rated 1/100. The reason? They had like 9 additives, 4 that have been shown to cause cancer! Like WTF. So now I get an Apple gates farms organic alternative that is like an 88/100 with no additives. The catch? It’s 5 times more expensive. For me it’s not a big deal, but for many it is. If you really want to eat healthy - like actually healthy - it’s much more expensive.
I have this app called “Yuka” that’s European where you scan the UPC and it tells you health rating from 0-100. It tells you the sodium, sugar, etc. Butbthe coolest thing is it lists additives. I used to get Lunchables for my kids for lunch for ease and one day I scanned them and they rated 1/100. The reason? They had like 9 additives, 4 that have been shown to cause cancer! Like WTF. So now I get an Apple gates farms organic alternative that is like an 88/100 with no additives. The catch? It’s 5 times more expensive. For me it’s not a big deal, but for many it is. If you really want to eat healthy - like actually healthy - it’s much more expensive.