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anon discusses car dependence (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 42 points 1 year ago (19 children)

Living within 1 kilometer walking distance of a grocery store is amazing. Instead of expensive fast food I can get comparatively inexpensive deli food. And if I want to be frugal and cook meals myself, cheap beans, rice, fresh meat, dairy, and produce are all available. Plus, I get a nice daily walk instead of checks notes from a previous life drive twenty minutes to the gym each day to walk on a treadmill.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    I got a rice cooker recently, great investment. I pan fry up whatever, some protein and vegetables, I've got a few good recipes going. With rice. I've been eating healthier and way cheaper. Tonight was chicken, green beans, and various seasonings. Was delicious af and cost me like 1.50$, if that.

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  • [+] 3 points 1 year ago* (3 children)
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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I just broke my 12 year streak of not having a car. I took a job as a city bus driver. Whaddya do when you're supposed to run the first bus out of the garage and it's too snowy to bike? I feel like a failure and a jerk. But I am trying to move close to the depot, so hopefully I could walk.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    I live less than a kilometer from a grocery store but it takes me a half hour to walk there because I’m in a subdivision and there’s no direct sidewalk.

    I used to be able to cut across yards but somebody put up a fence to stop that.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    do grocery stores where you live not have frozen food? that's the ideal in my book: perfectly decent quality and you just have to heat it.


    This is the best one i've tried, it's literally just frozen veggies, precooked pasta, chicken, and sauce. Healthy as fuck while tasting great and taking 0 effort to prepare.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Oh boy, if you really think these are healthly I have bad news for you... Sure there are worst options around, but that still counts as processed food on my book!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    so, respectfully, what the absolute fuck are you on about? do you only eat roots you dig up in the forest?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    The secret is cooking yourself.
    The pasta you sent, have a Nova Score of 4, which means ultra processed food:
    https://world.openfoodfacts.org/product/7310500184180/tagliatelle-chicken-findus

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Nutri-Score A

    Very good nutritional quality

    The science on “ultra-processed” foods is scattered because even dietitians can’t agree on what an ultra-processed food is, or agree on what exactly it is that’s so harmful about it. If it’s high sugar and salt then the processing has fuck all to do with it. If it’s specific preservatives then processing has fuck all to do with it, it’s those specific things that are bad.

    Until it’s something other than vibes-based, it’s a bad idea to exclude affordable vegetables or fruit from your diet solely because they’re processed.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    For me its about what you said: processed is adding stuff to preserve and "improve". Nothing bad about frozen basic ingredients that arent cooked. Also in my country fresh veggies and fruit are cheaper than frozen ones.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    For me its about what you said: processed is adding stuff to preserve and "improve".

    Which is why it’s a bad, wobbly standard to use. Lactofermented vegetables are incredibly healthy for the gut microbiome, but would fall under this processed label. Processing isn’t inherently bad, and neither is preserving.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    so clearly you didn't read your own link, because that is literally based on the fact that it contains glucose, that is the ONLY reason it's classed as ultra-processed.

    you cannot seriously look at this and conclude it's processed, there's no way in hell you're here in good faith and i very much suspect your upvotes are fake.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Maybe its a cultural thing, but mostly fresh vegetables, fresh fruits, fresh meat, fresh fish... I think you got the idea. Frozen veggies are good too (if not pre-cooked or seasoned).

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, but these frozen meals aren't much more processed than frozen veggies, at least the good ones. Can be a little pricey for what you get though.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    I think you're right about that. They're just frozen veggies mixed together with chopped meat. The main thing I'd look at is how much salt they dump into these things.

    Spices wouldn't be fresh, either, but that's more of a taste issue than health issue.

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