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Why Don’t Rich People Eat Anymore?
To be blunt, the rich can afford to buy food that is both rewarding and expensive, whereas the poor can afford only rewarding food that is cheaper.
Jason Fung • The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss (The Wellness Code)
Each year the US population spends more money on diets than the amount needed to feed all the hungry people in the rest of the world.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Ultimately, we’re terrified by the idea of women eating, being hungry, and getting healthier, heavier and happier. This is a world where the boundaries between consumption and self-denial, power and passivity often trace the crude line dividing men and women.
Ruby Tandoh • Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want
In the same way diet culture is quick to blame health conditions on a person’s weight, or prescribe food restriction as treatment toward the goal of being thin, budget culture sees measures like credit scores and debt as signifiers of financial health, and prescribes spending restrictions as the first step toward wellness — defined, at its core, as... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • Budget Culture and the Dave Ramseyfication of Money
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Make food less ubiquitous in your own world. For most of history, human societies have tempered against boom and bust with ritual feast and long periods of frugality. But recently, agriculture has led to an increase in the capacity to hold food in reserve, to save for a rainy day—or, more likely, to save for an extended drought, or a harvest failur
... See moreHeather Heying • A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century: Evolution and the Challenges of Modern Life
As a result, many women today have developed a “fear” of food. Fat phobia, as well as carbohydrate and calorie phobias, affect many women today and are symptoms of an ever-growing despair. Food phobias are obsessive and dangerous, and they can start at an alarmingly young age. More girls today suffer from anorexia and other eating disorders than ev
... See moreOri Hofmekler • The Warrior Diet: Switch on Your Biological Powerhouse For High Energy, Explosive Strength, and a Leaner, Harder Body
Each year the US population spends more money on diets than the amount needed to feed all the hungry people in the rest of the world.
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Crazier still—we have been brainwashed to believe that constant eating is somehow good for us! Not just acceptable, but healthy. In order to accommodate all those eating opportunities, societal norms have also changed. Previously, all eating was done at mealtimes at a table. Now, it is acceptable to eat anywhere. We can eat in the car. We can eat i
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