Seven years is a long time. Hope that's not what I'm looking at. I'd better go get my chart done :)
________________________________ From: Mike Dixon <mdixon.6...@yahoo.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper). Hey, been there , done that. And for more than a few weeks. Try seven years. My seven and a half years transit of Saturn was a major poverty bitch. Judy, when life becomes rough, I think nature is trying to teach us something and if we are going to grow , we have to figure out what nature wants us to learn. You can't break the spirit of poverty in somebody else, only in your self. I'm all for showing compassion for people , but in a meaningful way. Thru Education and empowerment but they have to figure it out. From: authfriend <jst...@panix.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:40 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's cheaper). --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@...> wrote: > > Food stamps and public transportation Mike, you're a fundamentally nice guy, but you lack the imagination to have any idea what poor folks face in their daily lives. The only way you'd realize it is if you were in the same situation yourself for a few weeks. "Food stamps and public transportation" doesn't even begin to cover it. > > > ________________________________ > From: authfriend <jstein@...> > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:21 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, it's > cheaper). > > > >  > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> > wrote: > > > > Yes Judy, I agree high calorie foods can be very cheap and easy > > to buy. But it's not just the caloric value in food that does us > > in, but also the nutritional value or lack of value that also > > hurts. Refined carbs cause a sugar spike, giving us lots of > > energy and make us feel great, temporarily. But that sharp spike > > of glucose causes insulin production which creates a > > corresponding drop in blood sugar which causes us to feel hungry > > again thus the need for another snack. Proteins give a slower but > > more stable rise in our energy levels with a slower, more > > extended drop, allowing one to not feel that hunger so quickly. > > And proteins are much more expensive. > > > Eating high fiber foods, veggies and fruits also slows the > > absorption of carbohydrates preventing that sharp sugar spike > > followed by a sharp drop and more hunger. > > So are veggies and fruits more expensive. If there are even > any stores in the neighborhood that carry them. Did you read > that article Emily posted the link to about "food deserts"? > > > I guess I should have said ignorance of how our bodies process > > food as well as it's calories and nutritional value. I just > > can't picture the average poor person picking up a twinky > > in one hand and a banana in the other and saying " I can only > > afford one of these, so I'll buy the twinky because I'll get > > more calories for my buck". > > Maybe not in that specific instance, Mike, but this is a > day-in-day-out, year-in-year-out problem across a wide > range of foods. > > Nutritional and metabolic information is all very well, > but if you don't have enough money to put good food in > your stomach, you'll buy what you can afford to keep > from being hungry all the time. And those are the high- > calorie, high-carb foods. > > I think most people, poor or otherwise, are driven by what tastes good, not > by what's good for them. I don't mean to PO anybody but God says in the > Bible, Exodus, I believe, "My people die for lack of knowledge." I think > ignorance and poor choices grounded in that ignorance have much more to do > with obesity than economics. > > > > > >  > > > > ________________________________ > > From: authfriend <jstein@> > > To: mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:06 PM > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Obamacare disaster (take the penality, > > it's cheaper). > > > > > >  > > > > --- In mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com, Mike Dixon <mdixon.6569@> > > wrote: > > > > > > L, the reason I believe so many people are *fat*, poor included, > > > is mainly ignorance. Ignorance of the caloric value of what they > > > eat, as well as the nutritional value. > > > > Actually it's because cheap food is typically much > > higher in caloric value. With a dollar, you can get > > 1,000-plus calories' worth of chips or cookies, but > > only 250 calories' worth of carrots. > > > > If you're poor and hungry, you're going to buy the > > food that has the most calories per dollar. And that's > > the kind of food that will make you put on weight (and > > make you vulnerable to diabetes and heart disease and > > other illnesses). > > > > http://naturalhealthdossier.com/2011/04/the-economics-of-obesity-why-are-poor-people-fat/ > > > > http://tinyurl.com/6pg5c9o > > >
