Mon, May-03-04, 18:42
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Plan: Atkins Nutritional Plan
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Progress: 59%
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Lisa N
One thing that the article doesn't address, though, is whether or not eating cheap highly processed foods is less expensive in the long run in terms of poorer health, loss of productivity/increased sick time from work and high medical costs to treat the diseases such eating habits cause.
When I look at it that way, eating like this is going to cost me much less in the long term even if my food costs may be a bit higher.
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Egg-zactly! That is my worry. I hope we're not creating a new sub-class, the poor and sick. Years of bad eating habits and no exercise will play havoc with future health costs. That is why I am so keen to eat right, exercise, and do preventative health maintenance. Who knows how much it will cost us in the future to fix health problems we're creating now. |