The Elephant in the room

[Trek420]

.... we have to look at why it is cheaper in this country to eat poorly and be obese than it is to eat in a healthy manner and be fit.

I agree. You see ads for fast food billed as the friend of the busy and or working poor. "Got a buck, you're in luck". Don't get me started on subsidies to corn farmers so we can have cheap high fructose corn syrup (the first item in the label of most junk) while farms producing other produce struggle and many neighborhoods can't get fruits and vegies at all.

It's cheap now but there are long term costs of that Happy Meal are vast. I don't want to pay for for an entire nations angioplasty nor your long term care from the stroke.


People want good food. Read below where a Christian Community Group finds a way to bring fresh produce to the community with 26 liquor stores and only one grocery store:

http://www.madamethejourney.com/2009...uce-truck.html

And it's been proven over and over that where a safe option exists people prefer to bike or walk for work or errands.

This is why when asked "how much does your bike cost?" I say that I think of it as an investment in my health.

Support your local bike advocacy group, help solve the health care crisis.