This Just In: Unhealthy Eating Habits Are Still Unhealthy

By ACSH Staff — Jun 15, 2009
Hallie Levine Sklar of Self has successfully followed the formula for writing yet another article that connects economic distress with unhealthy eating habits. Her list of dejected stress-eaters yields this quote, which ACSH staffers found interesting: I m buying whatever organic food is on sale, whether it s healthy or not...Last night I was making macaroni and cheese, thinking, am I so broke that I m really eating this?

Hallie Levine Sklar of Self has successfully followed the formula for writing yet another article that connects economic distress with unhealthy eating habits. Her list of dejected stress-eaters yields this quote, which ACSH staffers found interesting: I m buying whatever organic food is on sale, whether it s healthy or not...Last night I was making macaroni and cheese, thinking, am I so broke that I m really eating this?

Her first problem is that she s only buying food labeled as organic , says ACSH s Jeff Stier. She s paying extra for a product that doesn t provide any extra benefit. At least she recognizes that there is some organic food that is unhealthy, which organic food proponents rarely admit.

ACSH s Dr. Ruth Kava adds: Financial trouble doesn t mean you have to neglect nutrition. The principles of healthy eating and managing calorie intake remain the same, and there are always affordable options to help keep them in consideration.

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