Comments on: Healthy restaurant dining: fact, fiction and finances. http://healthysimplicity.com/healthy-restaurant-dining-fact-fiction-and-finances/ Making health simple. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:58:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Stephanie So http://healthysimplicity.com/healthy-restaurant-dining-fact-fiction-and-finances/#comment-2838 Stephanie So Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:05:36 +0000 http://www.healthysimplicity.com/healthy-restaurant-dining-fact-fiction-and-finances/#comment-2838 You make some excellent points Greg. Strange how the more work we put into processing food, the cheaper it becomes... In any case, I completely agree with you that if the higher cost of food ensures that we are consuming healthier, preservative, pesticide, JUNK-free food, then it may well be worth the cost. I also agree that there are times when food costs cannot be cut any more than they already have been. However, I also think you have very clearly explained the disparity between the haves and the have-nots and how an individual's economic wealth directly affects his/her own physical health and wellbeing. If you can't afford it and don't have the resources in the first place, can you ever hope to be as healthy as those who can afford it? You make some excellent points Greg. Strange how the more work we put into processing food, the cheaper it becomes…

In any case, I completely agree with you that if the higher cost of food ensures that we are consuming healthier, preservative, pesticide, JUNK-free food, then it may well be worth the cost. I also agree that there are times when food costs cannot be cut any more than they already have been.

However, I also think you have very clearly explained the disparity between the haves and the have-nots and how an individual’s economic wealth directly affects his/her own physical health and wellbeing.

If you can’t afford it and don’t have the resources in the first place, can you ever hope to be as healthy as those who can afford it?

]]> By: Greg http://healthysimplicity.com/healthy-restaurant-dining-fact-fiction-and-finances/#comment-2830 Greg Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:20:00 +0000 http://www.healthysimplicity.com/healthy-restaurant-dining-fact-fiction-and-finances/#comment-2830 When the majority of ingredients in a dish are either all natural or organic-- which may have been the case at the restaurant you visited-- one can almost always expect to pay more for it than they'd like... I'd definitely prefer not to do so (who wouldn't want to pay less?) but if paying that extra bit means I'm consuming pesticide free, gluten free, colour free, sugar free meals with a completely transparent ingredient list then I'm all for it. Healthier food options should be more accessible to those on a budget (and even to those who aren't) but the fact of matter is that healthier usually translates into food that contains less preservatives and all of the other crap we're used to seeing-- the things that make food "cheap" in the first place... When the majority of ingredients in a dish are either all natural or organic– which may have been the case at the restaurant you visited– one can almost always expect to pay more for it than they’d like… I’d definitely prefer not to do so (who wouldn’t want to pay less?) but if paying that extra bit means I’m consuming pesticide free, gluten free, colour free, sugar free meals with a completely transparent ingredient list then I’m all for it.

Healthier food options should be more accessible to those on a budget (and even to those who aren’t) but the fact of matter is that healthier usually translates into food that contains less preservatives and all of the other crap we’re used to seeing– the things that make food “cheap” in the first place…

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