Obesity and the Poor

I'm tired of hearing that America is the only place in the world where you can be poor and still be fat. Here is the problem with this old and divisive argument, the food supply in America is full of junk and poison.

The cheaper the food the worse it is for you with processed items, preservatives and cheap sugars like high fructose. Now,  look at other inexpensive foods in your grocery store: bread, potatoes, canned foods, boxed and processed foods.

These aren't diet food friends, they are full of carbohydrates or empty calories or preservatives. Canned foods have BPA in them and the more processed the food the less healthy it is.

Poor people that have $100 to buy food for their family are going to end up with more bad food than good food. And that bad food adds up to weight and health problems. Don't think that's true? Researchers at Georgia Health Sciences University published evidence linking high fructose to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. This cheap form of sweetener is in everything from cereal and soda to salad dressing and