I have been reading numerous blogs regarding financial matters within the last few weeks. I came across several blogs that mentioned that one's financial status played a role in what they ate. The primise was that the wealthier a person was the better they ate and therefore they were healthier because they had the financial means to buy food that was healthier. If you were not as financially established as some of the wealthier individuals, the primise was that they made less healthier food decisions because they bought more processed food which is not as healthy as fresh foods.
I don't necessarily buy theses primeses. I do feel that those who are less fortunate do have to rely on cheaper foods but I don't necessarily buy the primise that all wealthy individuals were more healthy because they made better food choices. Even if people have a lot of money, that doesn't necessarily meant that they make better food choices. It just means they have choices in what they eat. They can choose to eat food that is not good for them or they can choose food that is good for them.
Using myself as an example, I feel that if I was a wealthy individual I would still make the same food choices that I am making now, which are not very good choices.
Rambling Thoughts on Food and Wealth
May 7th, 2007 at 12:52 am
May 7th, 2007 at 02:56 am 1178502969
One example: Not long ago, I saw a woman who had her infant son with her. The infant was drinking a bottle filled with bright blue liquid. It turned out to be some generic sugary artifically colored punch stuff (like Kool-aid but worse). Even though the baby wasn't my patient, I couldn't help but cousel mom on how inappropriate it was to be giving that to a baby. But a gallon of that stuff is probably 99 cents. A supply of formula is much more expensive. So finances definitely come into play.
Do all wealthy folks eat healthy? Of course not. But I bet they eat a whole lot healthier overall than the poor people.
May 7th, 2007 at 04:13 am 1178507600
May 7th, 2007 at 04:15 am 1178507716
May 7th, 2007 at 05:03 am 1178510619
Perhaps the real question should be why is good food so expensive- ??
May 7th, 2007 at 02:49 pm 1178545789
For us we ate a lot worse when we had more money - lots of fast food, eating out, junk food. We do a lot more home cooking now that budget is tighter.