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Readers Digest ran a short article in their October issue called Why That Salad Costs More than a Big Mac. The main point was:
Government subsidies help ensure that healthy food tends to cost more than meals that pack on pounds.
I completely agree with that. Unfortunately, the way they arrived at that conclusion is so wrong that I wish they hadn’t said anything at all.
What they claim
Let’s start with the food pyramid. Since it was introduced (...)
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