tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post114925322428614662..comments2023-10-30T02:03:56.081+13:00Comments on Capitalism Bad; Tree Pretty: Calories have got more cheaper while other nutrients have got more expensiveMaiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212711843307060731noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17759756.post-1149329358400538722006-06-03T22:09:00.000+12:002006-06-03T22:09:00.000+12:00I think the main thing is not so much that we are ...I think the main thing is not so much that we are demanding different things, but more that the market is giving us what we demand more efficiently.<BR/><BR/>A long time ago, and still now in places like sub Saharan Africa, it was/is calories that humans were/are short of - we thus evolved a natural desire for them and as transportation got cheaper we found it easier to get what we asked for.<BR/> <BR/>Meanwhile our bodies evolved to deal with what we had (i.e. no need for your body to make vitamin A if you eat lots of carrots anyway).<BR/>Any change in your diet undermines the supply of vitamins. This is because new things in new foods might be nice for some animals but they are not what we evolved to eat AND also less fresh food has less vitamins in it and we eat food more processed and from further away now.<BR/><BR/>As to the price... I can see how the cost of calories has gone down but vitamins up... that is a harder one.... <BR/><BR/>maybe there is an effect related to high value vs. low value foods and the cost of shelf space, land space and so forth. Maybe stores and farms displace low value products like lettuce with high value ones like beef resulting in a lack of supply?Geniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624496692217466430noreply@blogger.com