[Jem Smith]

And the funniest part is that healthy food cost lesser than junks but people always prefer junks to it just for their satisfaction and most of them got used to it already.

Unfortunately that's often not true. Fresh fruit and vegetables are really expensive in some places. Also they're not shelf stable, so there's a risk they'll go bad and be wasted if you don't use them fast enough. Don't get me wrong, it makes sense to eat healthy food if you can, it's just not always easy for everyone.

No matter how expensive fresh fruits might be, it is far cheaper in the long term than having to control or manage any ailment that arises from unhealthy food.

I don't think you understand. If a lettuce costs $20 (for example- and in some remote towns in Australia it does) you can't buy a lettuce every week, regardless how good for you it might be in the long term. You need to buy enough food to actually live off, and which you can keep and use before it goes bad, and sometimes that means mostly packaged foods. Starving isn't good in the long term either. It's not a good situation, but it's reality for some people. Don't assume that fresh food is always cheaper, nor that people "always prefer junk".

-- 28 Oct 2023, 10:46 --

In most cases, addiction is deemed very expensive. Mostly the youth in my country spend a lot in drugs which is really a wastage of money.

The government should try to tackle the root of the problem. What's missing in young people's lives that they are spending money on drugs? Maybe they need better opportunities, and productive things to do.

[Nsikan]

I think young people are spending money on drugs because of parental negligence. And their family would suffer the effects spending money up and down tomorrow.

[eldavis]

This is actually true, most of the things we spend money on are usually things that are unhealthy to us. Let's say junk food for example. We tend to spend a lot on things like snacks that we do not really need and they are not even healthy to us in any way.

That's right we just have to reduce our unhealthy intakes. it will help us spend less as you would remain healthy

Yes, we really need to put in more effort on how we can stay healthy. These days there have been cases of people falling sick and so on due to the unhealthy things they do and take in.

[Pistis]

If you can, boil your water before you drink. It might look as wastage of electricity or cooking gas but it is cheaper than having to treat typhoid.

[Jem Smith]

If you can, boil your water before you drink. It might look as wastage of electricity or cooking gas but it is cheaper than having to treat typhoid.

That's a very good idea if you live somewhere that typhoid (or other diseases carried by water) are a problem. Thankfully it's not an issue where I live.

[Nsikan]

I see some people turn on the Air Conditioner to the highest capacity all through the day. Too much cold leads to pneumonia. It is an unhealthy practice to stay in a house for a whole day with full Air Conditioner blasting. It could lead to pneumonia.

[Jem Smith]

I see some people turn on the Air Conditioner to the highest capacity all through the day. Too much cold leads to pneumonia. It is an unhealthy practice to stay in a house for a whole day with full Air Conditioner blasting. It could lead to pneumonia.

Being cold can't give you pneumonia. You get it from bacteria, fungi or a virus.

[Uty Theo]

Unhealthy practices like eating junk food makes you to spend money later on gym fees trying to lose weight.

[Kalayla]

Unhealthy practices like eating junk food makes you to spend money later on gym fees trying to lose weight.

You are not even talking about the health complications that come with obesity like diabetes. Eating healthy is cheaper in terms of affordability and long term effects.

[Uty Theo]

Avoiding unhealthy practices saves you present and future financial woes. Junk food from eateries is always expensive. Why do people even love it instead if eating healthy.

[augusta]

Junk foods are really expensive here so esting meals is better it would save both money and ones health.