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Dr. Oz Tells Americans Who Are Concerned About Medicaid Cuts to Eat Less Cake (truthout.org)
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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Americans could benefit from a better diet.

Sadly, yes, living a healthier lifestyle is going to be a person's best option in the wake of health care being even more enshittified.

Hard to do in a nation where there are food deserts, gym memberships a luxury, and the nearest health care provider is upwards of 50 miles away.

This, to me, stinks of the same garbage people are fed about recycling, when we all know that it's the billionaire class and their institutional, astronomical waste and energy usage that is the real problem, not individuals tossing out the dozen soda cans they drink in a week.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In my opinion this is why unhealthy foods should be taxed to all fuck and back. Don't want to spend money on healthcare, tax what's making people unhealthy. Then with that extra dosh maybe you could fund healthcare a little more. Unfortunately there is no population on earth who'd accept their luxuries being taxed like that.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The issue is that health is also a function of free time. Making good, healthful meals takes time and mental effort, and if you're working two or even three jobs to make the bills, at the end of the day, you likely don't have enough time or spoons to do much more than toss a pizza in the oven or make some cup ramen or whatever.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

The reason fast foods are unhealthy isn't because it's impossible to make healthy fast food. It's because unhealthy food hijacks the biological processes that make you want to eat and they are designed to make you eat more than you need to so that in turn you spend more on food. If we massively taxed unhealthy foods to the point where it cuts into profit margins healthy alternatives that fill the niche of "fast food" would come about.