Would you support a ban on processed food

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Anonymous wrote:Processed, not completely, but it could use revisions.

Ultra-processed, definitely.

Same. Ultra-processed food should be very heavily taxed.

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Anonymous wrote:Healthy food already is relatively more affordable than processed food.

Wrong. An apple costs more than a bag of doritos.

Well if you just randomly pick items out of thin air, sure. But ounce for ounce, an apple is cheaper than its processed counterpart, applesauce. Corn tortillas (or masa harina if you really want to start from scratch) plus frying oil is cheaper, ounce for ounce, than a bag of Doritos.

Corn tortillas are processed.

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All processed food? No! Absolutely not. Processed… You realize that means things like chips, crackers, cereal etc?

I would support the banning of cancer-causing chemicals and preservatives and things like that. Europe already does that.

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Anonymous wrote:Ban processed foods - no.

Ban food coloring - yes. Many we use are already banned in other parts of the world and serve little purpose while being potentially harmful.

Ban other GRAS additives and "natural flavors" - some of them or require higher burden of proof that they are safe.

The problem is so many food safety people are already being laid off. Very short sighted.

These things aren’t actually dangerous. It’s all a bunch of grifters on Instagram who have built a livelihood on false and exaggerated information.

The things Europe “bans” aren’t based on science because the European Commission are a bunch of busy body bureaucrats looking for things to justify their existence. The precautionary principle is a dogshit way to regulate.

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I would support increased taxes on ultra processed foods AFTER we cut farm subsidies for things like corn and honey.

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Don’t ban Little Debbie’s. I love a Swiss Roll, Nutty Buddy or cosmic brownie every once in a while. So nostalgic. So bad but so good. Don’t deny me simple pleasures.

Life is chaotic now.

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Why would government and how would government make healthier food options affordable?
If chicken will cost 5 USD again, instead of USD 15, that would be great. I don't see the gov making this a reality. Would that not involve gov being socialist?

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Anonymous wrote:Look… I eat pretty healthfully, but I do like my occasional potato chip or French fry. Why would I want that banned?!

Home made fried potatoes are so much more delicious. Just saying. But, my DH would go nuts without his McDonalds fries. Just saying.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. People do what’s cheap and easy. The problem is that eating crap is cheap and easy NOW but is very expensive for us later when it comes to paying for obesity, diabetes, hypertension, other conditions. It’s also not easy, as we need to consider what our limits as a country will be in supporting people who are expensive to care for and don’t have possibility of a healthy recovery. We need to make junk as hard for people now as their medical care will be for us in the not too distant future.

And the idea of teachers handing out junk food in school classrooms as rewards and incentives is completely outrageous and needs to be banned TODAY.

Preach. Agree 100%

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A big bag of potatoes and a big bag of carrots are very cheap and can make all kinds of meals but they aren't convenient. You have to haul these bags home (if you have kids and are on the bus, that isn't easy). You then have to wash and prep them, have time to cook them, have knowledge of cooking about how to make them taste good (especially to kids who are used to salt / sugar in processed food)spices and whanot and then put a meal on the table your family will eat. We probably eat a lot cheaper than people on food stamps and I could make great meals out of food stamps but that is because I grew up on the land and we pretty much lived off of our vegetable garden, fruit trees, chickens etc. If you don't have that knowledge, then a big bag of potatoes doesn't look like something you can turn into meals that your kids will eat.

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OP. You have indeed brought up a noteworthy issue. It is unfortunate, but the people of the US are simply incapable of making intelligent decisions regarding what they should eat. We need much stronger regulation so that Americans will not continue to harm themselves and the planet with their poor decisions. In fact I would go further than simply banning processed foods. I would implement a policy of food credits wherein they would only be able to limited to what is necessary and healthy. A system such as this would simultaneously give insight into the eating habits of the average citizen so it could be analyzed and better understood. We have such technologies already. Why not use them? I do think a segment of the population would not like this, but people don't always know what is good for them.

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Anonymous wrote:Healthy food already is relatively more affordable than processed food.

Wrong. An apple costs more than a bag of doritos.

Have you been to a grocery store lately? A family size bag of apples is about the same cost as a family size bag of doritos.

Beans, legumes, rice, frozen vegetables, and water are all infinitely more healthy and considerably cheaper than a ton of processed food at the grocery store.

Freezing vegetables is processing.

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We make our own corn tortillas at home. I have a mill and we grind the corn that we grow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A big bag of potatoes and a big bag of carrots are very cheap and can make all kinds of meals but they aren't convenient. You have to haul these bags home (if you have kids and are on the bus, that isn't easy). You then have to wash and prep them, have time to cook them, have knowledge of cooking about how to make them taste good (especially to kids who are used to salt / sugar in processed food)spices and whanot and then put a meal on the table your family will eat. We probably eat a lot cheaper than people on food stamps and I could make great meals out of food stamps but that is because I grew up on the land and we pretty much lived off of our vegetable garden, fruit trees, chickens etc. If you don't have that knowledge, then a big bag of potatoes doesn't look like something you can turn into meals that your kids will eat.

So many groceries stores offer delivery service. That arguement is barely valid.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t ban Little Debbie’s. I love a Swiss Roll, Nutty Buddy or cosmic brownie every once in a while. So nostalgic. So bad but so good. Don’t deny me simple pleasures.

Life is chaotic now.

Little Debbies taste like nothing. I'd rather eat a bag of brown sugar.