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How the hell is it a stupid metric?

Let's say an average 30 year old male needs 2800 calories a day. They can obtain that in produce/healthy food, costing them between $15-20. For the same $15-20, they can get around 6000 calories of mcdonalds. OR, they can get the 2800 calories they need for a mere $8 or so.

Simply put, as far as food goes, McDonald's costs less than many healthy alternatives.

right. people eat until they're full. i can get just as full eating three bananas as i would eating a big mac, and for less. or, for the price of one mcdonalds value meal, i can buy a loaf of bread and cold cuts and have lunch for a week. of course high-calorie food costs less per calorie. that doesn't mean anything.

How long would you be full after 3 bananas...an hour...two? After that, you would be scrounging for food. In fact, if all you ate were 15 bananas a day (5 bananas, 3 times a day), you would getting very thin, since you wouldn't be getting the calories you need to maintain a healthy weight.

The fact is that humans don't need any certain amount of grams, ounces, or pounds of food. They need the energy they get from food, and that energy is cheaper from some foods than others.

jesus christ, leafee. stop while you're behind. it's a stupid metric, and everyone else agrees.

the original premise is stupid because they say everyone lives a couple miles from healthy food. of course, you could live in barry farm, and you could take two buses each way to go get groceries in eastern market, but i don't count that as easy access. we're generally talking about people that don't own cars. contrast that trip to there being a carry-out on every corner in the ghetto (run by dirty asians, probably).

and it is entirely untrue that the poor neighborhoods have more access to full service restaurants.

It's late in honeycrisp season. Giant is the only store that seems to have them, and they're asking $3.49/lb. I gotta do what I gotta do.

I read somewhere that people tend to eat consistent volumes of food moreso than consistent amounts of calories. So obviously the same volume of Doritos is going to pack more calories than a similar volume of fruit or vegetables.

exactly

sure i'll be hungry if i only eat 3 bananas for lunch, but if i eat 2500 calories at lunch at mcdonalds, i'm still going to be hungry and eat something for dinner too. the point isn't cost per calorie. it's how to get full but not go over a target number of calories. you don't have to spend more money to do it either.

I've had them. I like them. They're no honeycrisp, though.

olive oil is healthy. a 2000-calorie diet of olive oil would only cost $3 a day. cheaper than the junk food!

What 2500 calorie meal could you eat at McDonalds where you will get hungry again? 2500 calories is a lot even for junk food.