I’d argue NO - our food is garbage. Not enough regulation of our food industry means our food was better quality 40 years ago - that’s why we’re all fat and grumpy today. See Germany, Japan, etc for how to provide safe, cheap, quality food for your citizens - ThreadSky

alworiginal.bsky.social • 74 days ago

I’d argue NO - our food is garbage. Not enough regulation of our food industry means our food was better quality 40 years ago - that’s why we’re all fat and grumpy today. See Germany, Japan, etc for how to provide safe, cheap, quality food for your citizens

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admittedlyfelix.bsky.social•74 days ago

Were you actually alive back then?

alworiginal.bsky.social•74 days ago

Just look at how the levels of preservatives, sugars and artificial ingredients has skyrocketed in our mass produced food. It’s not rocket science. And here: https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2024/august/food-consumption-and-nutrient-intake-trends-emerge-over-past-four-decades

admittedlyfelix.bsky.social•74 days ago

So…. No, you weren’t alive back then, correct?

alworiginal.bsky.social•74 days ago

Yes I was.

admittedlyfelix.bsky.social•74 days ago

Then how the hell are you so goddamned ignorant of what the food market was actually like back then? Yes, there’s a bunch of shit that’s bad and unhealthy, but there’s also been a huge increase in the variety of food available, fresh food easily available year-round, organic & free range, etc.

admittedlyfelix.bsky.social•74 days ago

Even with the new negatives, we’re still much better off.

alworiginal.bsky.social•74 days ago

Read that report. Travel abroad. Quality food today is expensive & hard to find for the working class. Fresh fruits are brought in from other countries. “Organic” foods used to be the norm. Most working class resort to fast food with less nutrients. Can you read? Then why are you so ignorant?

kasemenova.bsky.social•74 days ago

A lot of people eat bad stuff bc they're dumb & lazy but if you WANT to cook & eat well, there's never been a better time to do it.

I was a kid in Ohio in the 1970s, I know what grocery stores were like then. I only ate fruit & veggies in summer bc otherwise, it was all gross canned stuff.

alworiginal.bsky.social•74 days ago

No - live overseas for a while and you will see how Americans are screwed with our food industry. Now you have to search OUT food with minimal preservatives or chemicals. That was much more the norm back then and you didn’t have to think about it. How is that better now?

kasemenova.bsky.social•74 days ago

I have lived overseas, thank you very much.

There is a lot wrong with the current American food system. But if you care about your diet, you have infinitely more choice & agency NOW than you did 40 years ago.

My god, look at some 1970s cookbooks & you'll see what people had to work with.

alworiginal.bsky.social•74 days ago

I don’t consider variety of (expensive) choice as comparable with quality, sorry.

kasemenova.bsky.social•74 days ago

I'm amused that you work at a historical institute yet seem enveloped in a fog of nostalgia for a time when a hunk of iceberg lettuce was "salad." There was one "healthy" cereal: Grape Nuts, which my brother & I wouldn't eat. We turned out teeth psychedelic *unnatural* colors w/junk cereal instead.

alworiginal.bsky.social•74 days ago

Yes I’m amused that you think a wider variety of junk cereals mean food has improved. Yay, now I can choose from 30 varieties of pop-tart! Look at the improvement!

maraleia.bsky.social•73 days ago

You can find inexpensive food that wasn't on the shelves in America 40 years ago if you know where to shop.

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