Why does junk food cost less than healthy food?
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ANSWERS: 8
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Cheap ingredients of course!
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In single units a Mars bar costs me 45p and apple costs me 25p... however water costs me more than coke.
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Are you kidding? Burger King have these chicken sandwiches which cost about 50% more than those 'healthier' ones in supermarkets. Plus, when you say it costs less, what about the cost to your health?
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It only appears that junkfood costs less than their healthier counterparts. The cost to ones personal health after years of poor dietary habits show that junk food really costs more than than eating healthy.
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It doesn't. Try going out buying the ingredients to make yourself a shepherds pie or pasta and sauce and see if it doesn't cost less than one of those nasty junk ready-meals.
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because your addictive to it so youll want to buy more then it will cost more than healthy food
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It doesn't - it costs more than healthy stuff.
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fillers, chemicals, low quality ingredients, mass production, preservatives - plus sugar and salt are very cheap - & provide most of that yummy junk food flavor.
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