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ANCHORAGE - Cooking a healthy and high-energy family meal can be expensive. “It's harder to eat healthy, especially if you want to put lots of raw fruits and veggies in your diet - especially in Alaska it's really hard,” said mom Julie Blom, while shopping for dinner with her daughter. But a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says we might have to reassess how we calculate the costs. The authors of the report say healthy foods cost less than fatty foods, when the cost is calculated using the serving size. "Instead of price per calorie, if you look at price per amount of food eaten or portion sizes then healthy foods are cheaper,” said Diane Peck, a registered dietitian with Alaska’s Department of Health. According to the report, when food is measured on the basis of edible weight or average portion size, grains, vegetables, fruit, and dairy foods are less expensive than most protein foods and foods high in saturated fat. |
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Kaveman Mike said on Tuesday, May 22 at 1:05 AM
The USDA? So what? They are part of the problem and exist solely to support the agricultural industry, an industry that produces the most offensive "foods" when it comes to the health of the public. This story was generated from a USDA press release and the USDA has no interest in the health and well being of the American public. They are solely interested in protecting the profits of Big AG. This is just more government propoganda. Open your eyes people.
91509166Jacob said on Saturday, May 19 at 6:11 PM
The report is from the USDA, sir.
91345916Kaveman Mike said on Saturday, May 19 at 3:24 PM
Another stupid mainstream article pushing the low fat agenda. Repeat after me..."THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT EATING A LOW FAT DIET IMPROVES SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVELS, REDUCES HEART DISEASE (CVD), OR HELPS WITH WEIGHT LOSS." It's a big fat lie. Eating empty foods high in carbs, especially processed food, is what is killing our nation. Get your facts straight before pawing off these "press releases" as news.
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