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Old 15th October 2019, 04:09 PM   #124
mgidm86
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Originally Posted by Myriad View Post
Not calorie for calorie. The cookies are much cheaper per calorie.

You can get a 12-16oz package of cookies for a dollar at a dollar store. That's 1500 kcals or more. You can't buy an apple there. At a bodega or convenience store, an apple (100 kcals) is at least a dollar.

So, can the poor afford to pay 15 times more per calorie? An overweight individual might benefit a lot from buying fewer higher-quality food calories. But what about people feeding families?

It's not just calories, it's all the crap that is in the cookies. Spending more money on an apple or bag of carrots than a box of garbage is still a better investment in your own body. People don't think that way apparently.

If you buy a box of cookies you are eating pretty much 100% crap. Eating an apple or handful of veggies is a much better value even if it costs more, which it does not.

There is no comparison between a box of cookies and fresh fruit.

Walmart:

Cookies: about $3.50 / 18 oz.
Apple (1): $0.59
Fresh carrots: $0.82 / pound

Which is the better investment? Even if you can buy that box of cookies for a dollar it's still more money and it is not at all good for you which makes it a much worse value.
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