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February 8, 2006, 4:26 pm PST
You are SO right!
Quote From: gypsy1013 Have you seen the price of Organic and healthy food in the supermarket? Man, even the price of simple fruit has become ridiculously high...hopefully the nutritionist will teach them how to plan out a menu with regular healthy everyday food and show them to use portion control. But I definitely understand what you meant. I am from NY and it is alot cheaper for people on a fixed income to buy 99 cent bottles of sodas and big $2 bags of chips and cake than expensive organic foods, the prices of the diet or healthy foods in the markets where I live are ridiculous, they often prey on peoples desperation to better themselves. Weight watchers has a great way of integrating regular everyday food into a "points" system, because who can live on boxed portion sized frozen meals? It teaches you how to use regular food and eat healthy within your point system. This is great and more realistic than having to buy tofu burgers and $6 pomegranate juice...but like all things it comes with a price tag that not everyone can afford which is a shame. When you think of the cost of obesity on health care you've got to wonder why those in control would't figure out a way to make good food far more accessible for those on low incomes. I bought a package of tomatoes yesterday that cost $7.00 for 4.! (Okay, I admit there were cheaper varieties, but I'm a tomato snob) Pomegranate juice here was $9.00. You'd almost wonder if they had passed through the golden goose! Organics? I have eaten a few but I think they are highly overpriced. I'd go through serious withdrawal without coke (a cola) and other pop. I'm quickly reaching that point where I have to give it up but all I ask for is JUST ONE MORE WEEK,LORD PLEASE! (Okay , I admit it, I'm whipped.)
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