Americans going hungry?
The USDA has just come out with a report stating that many Americans don’t have enough to eat.
The nation’s economic crisis has catapulted the number of Americans who lack enough food to the highest level since the government has been keeping track, according to a new federal report, which shows that nearly 50 million people — including almost one child in four — struggled last year to get enough to eat.
I don’t believe that this is a result of the economic crisis, but rather a symptom of a greater problem: the fact that most people don’t know how to shop, cook or eat on a budget. To them, eating from the dollar menu at McDonald’s is the best way to eat cheaply.
And yes, you can get a meal for a few dollars at McDonald’s, the problem is that it is loaded with carbohydrates and chemicals that will leave you hungry and malnourished! The same goes for most frozen foods and other ‘quick foods.’
Eating cheaply and eating healthy are synonimous, yet most people have no idea that both can be done. So when daddy gets laid off and things get tight, they spend their money on ‘cheap’ fast food that costs more in the long run, when all they needed to do was buy a bag of dried beans for $1.50, some fresh vegetables for $3 and they have a recipe to stay full and healthy. Oh yeah, and they’ll have enough left over for lunch for two days.
Maybe I should teach a class….