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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

      We like to talk about eating healthily as if it were an easy choice. But how easy is it really - a thread Big Mac vs Pasta vs Steak/Saladpic.twitter.com/1gLAVPb2Tp

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

      Now, at the outset I'll say - this is not a representation of all healthy vs unhealthy food BUT It does give us some insight into how easy it is to prepare/eat some different healthy and unhealthy meals

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        2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          Firstly - cost. They actually all do reasonably similar - Big Mac meal comes in at $6 per person, pasta is cheapest at $4 per person, and steak comes in the highest at $8 per person

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          If you chose a cheaper cut of meat for the steak, you could probably get that down to the same price as the Big Mac But here comes the first enormous issue - which is cheaper on externalities???

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        4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          What I mean here is things outside of the recipe - spices, cookware, stoves - as well as the TIME TAKEN TO COOK

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        5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          And here, we can see one of the biggest hurdles to eating healthily. The steak does much, much worse (McDonald's cook time is, of course, the best here)pic.twitter.com/uRUCyDEXC6

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        6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          The cookware is similar in our two dishes - pan, pot, salad bowl - but they BOTH require far more than the Big Mac

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        7. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          There's also the spice issue - if you've got plenty of spices already, as well as olive oil and balsamic, the steak is easy. If not, that's another $15 out of pocket at the start

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        8. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          In fact, if you include all the costs external to the recipe, the steak gets up to a whopping $11 per person, making it almost 3x the cost of the pasta and double the Big Mac

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        9. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          If we then add in cooking/prep time, the steak is 40 mins vs the pasta's 20 mins and the Big Mac's ~0 mins Healthy is looking a lot more expensive now, isn't it?

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        10. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          I can make pasta with cheese and red sauce for dinner in under 15 minutes start to finish, and only 1 or two pots to wash Making steak with salad takes minimum 20 minutes and leaves me with double the washing time afterwards

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        11. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          But this crap is never even considered when we talk about the cost of healthy and unhealthy foods. It's always "well vegetables are cheap, just buy more of them"

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        12. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          If you're working long hours, don't already own good cookware and have a fully-stocked spice-rack, cooking healthily is an ENORMOUS CHALLENGE

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        13. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          Whereas a Big Mac meal will leave you full and happy for only slightly more than a basic pasta meal, and it tastes waaaaay better

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        14. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          Next time you're talking about whether people can easily just eat healthy, realize that for many it's going to be a very expensive thing to do

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        15. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          If we truly want to address obesity and make health equitable, making healthy food cheaper and more accessible is an important step

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        16. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          But we have to remember that this isn't just about ingredients - it's a complex and multifaceted issue with many places we need to intervene

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        17. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          NOTE: I used the US cost of a Big Mac. To compare properly, the Big Mac should be $9.50 upfront, making it the most expensive per person in terms of upfront costs

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        18. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 22 May 2018

          This was a stupid mistake, but ultimately the point still stands - a Big Mac at no external cost is far cheaper than a healthy meal with many externalities built in

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