My podcast audio's title was "A burger a day"
This was an audio from FREAKONOMICS RADIO and one of it's listener named Ralph Thomas asked what do you think is the cheapest, the mostnutritious, and bountiful food that has ever existed in history? DJ guesses that it must be Tofu or some kind of soy products or at least something healthy. The answer is............Macdonald's hamburger. He says is has 390 calories, 23g of protein, and has substantial amount of calciums and it costs only $1 or $2.
One's opinion whether you think hamburger is the most nutritious food ever depend's on how you see the world.
They compared 2 people's opinion, one who is an expert in health food area, and one who is a farmer.
An expert argues that in order to sell hamburger in that cheap cost, you have to imagine how much poor farmers are working without earning salaries.
One the other hand, the farmer says that them fpoor farmers are actually the consumer of those cheap hamburgers and they are beneffiting from it.
So, what is your opinion about this idea????
https://player.fm/series/freakonomics-radio/a-burger-a-day
If the "benefit" that the poorly paid farmers (and fast food restaurant workers) get is "a cheap hamburger," that is an extremely sad "benefit." It is a "benefit" that's contributing to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and perhaps even cancer. I wouldn't call that a benefit.
返信削除The person in the podcast who says that a McDonald's hamburger is not at all cheap if you factor in the costs to the environment and to society of producing and consuming it, is absolutely correct. The cattle need to be fed an enormous amount of grains. Enough water is used to raise one steer to float a battleship. The waste that steers produce pollute many rivers and lakes. Then, there's the health consequences of eating them. The medical bills people have to pay has to be factored into the true cost of the hamburger. Looked at in this way, you can see that hamburgers are actually incredibly expensive and society cannot afford them. They are unsustainable in the long run.
Clear skies,
Joseph D.
It is sad that people can't stay healthy in america without spending a lot more money on food.
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