Poverty and Diet

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I suppose but you basically just ignored my whole point about how some flavours actually make me/some people feel sick so not all of those options are sensible to enforce on myself/oneself... I don't get how that isn't seen as a factor...

It's not just a matter of pleasure, but you can't just force yourself to eat foods you find disgusting, that's traumatic to the body.

I am sorry Aion, I wasn't replying to you, but tried to say something to the original post. Of course there is no need and it would indeed not be sensible (and probably detrimental to one's health) to force yourself eating something you can't stand and/or not even digest. As Jade and Diana have suggested, some people would probably be surprised what an amount of flavour good, healthy food can develop, even just freshly from the ground or plant or tree and without flavouring, how much and quickly your tastebuds can change (back to their natural state), and also, how many simple options there are to ad bursts of flavour in a healthy manner, like adding miso, tamari, lemon juice, spiced oils, coconut aminos, plain or mixed herbs and spices like chili, cumin, coriander, curry, garam masala, adding roasted seeds and nuts, or nutritional yeast....

On the other hand, when talking about taste, it largely comes down to a choice between what you like to eat and a choice to the benefit of others (as in not poisoning that struggling entity Earth even more, not poisoning the workers who produce the food any more, and not poisoning the animals in the soil, air and water any more). As soon as people are in an intellectual and educational position to know there is a choice between the two, it's up to them. That said: I think there are many on this forum who manage to combine both perfectly, and without any feeling of 'sacrifice' or suffering on their part. You don't have to run over yourself to make a choice for others there, creativity, again, is a great tool for combining them (and if you aren't creative in that, there's an incredible amount of food blogs with tips and recipes, and cooking books, too, for every way of living/eating imaginable), so that it's becoming not either or, but and. The benefit of not poisoning your own body is obviously another bonus.

Here are some great ideas of adding healthy food resources to socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods:

Below the following video, there are a number of links to articles and studies about 'food poverty' and 'food deserts'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n4SkuOe2OQ

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