Patients are coping with unbearable pain and clinics fill up faster than they can be staffed. What can be done about a health crisis worsening at breathtaking speed?
The problem is income. Bad food that makes you fat and diabetic is the ultra-processed kind that’s a lot cheaper than fresh produce and quality semi-processed food. A lot of the population simply doesn’t have the means to eat well.
The other problem is that ultra-processed food is highly addictive. It’s been proven that the combination of fat and sugar - which can be found in most of these processed food - is as addictive as cocaine. It’s hard to resist.
In other words, in the modern world, staying healthy and in good shape takes a lot of self-control and a lot of money. The poor today suffer from rich people’s diseases of yesteryear thanks to the agro industry.
The problem is income. Bad food that makes you fat and diabetic is the ultra-processed kind that’s a lot cheaper than fresh produce and quality semi-processed food. A lot of the population simply doesn’t have the means to eat well.
The other problem is that ultra-processed food is highly addictive. It’s been proven that the combination of fat and sugar - which can be found in most of these processed food - is as addictive as cocaine. It’s hard to resist.
In other words, in the modern world, staying healthy and in good shape takes a lot of self-control and a lot of money. The poor today suffer from rich people’s diseases of yesteryear thanks to the agro industry.