Why don't rich people buy organic food and avoid HFCS?

Just because you are rich does not mean that you are not cheap. Also most rich people are too lazy to care.

HIGHMILES wrote:

Just because you are rich does not mean that you are not cheap.

In fact, some rich people get rich by being cheap. Save on groceries (and nearly everything else) and invest the savings.

I'm not rich, and I avoid everything with hfcs and hydrogenated everything. This isn't a matter of being rich or poor, it's a matter of being smart or stupid.

But that is actually the issue around here on these boards.

Most rich people I know buy high quality, organic produce.. I think you're creating a stereotype that isn't there.

Here is your one highbrow response. Rich people are mostly smart people. Most smart people read widely enough to have some science background. Anyone with a reasonable amount of science background can understand enough biology and nutritional biochemistry to recognized that regular fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat, etc. are every bit as good and safe as "organic." "Organic" is a marketing ploy to take money away from people who are fooled by food fads and don't know enough to filter out the nutty, non-science food scare information out there.

Anonymous by choice again wrote:

Although it's true that we do not know what HFCS is after all the manufacturing that goes into it, even rich people keep on buying it.

How is that true? HFCS is not complicated. It is a type of sugar that has relatively high amounts of fructose vs other types of sugar. There is nothing wrong or unhealthy about it. If you believe in eating fruit then you should not have a problem with HFCS. Their sugar content is not that different I don't think.

rich guy who buys fresh wrote:

Here is your one highbrow response. Rich people are mostly smart people. Most smart people read widely enough to have some science background. Anyone with a reasonable amount of science background can understand enough biology and nutritional biochemistry to recognized that regular fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat, etc. are every bit as good and safe as "organic." "Organic" is a marketing ploy to take money away from people who are fooled by food fads and don't know enough to filter out the nutty, non-science food scare information out there.

This.

Anonymous by choice again wrote:

Although it's true that we do not know what HFCS is after all the manufacturing that goes into it, even rich people keep on buying it.

As for organic food I would understand rich people not buying it if it tasted worse but in general it is far better tasting!

If I made $100 grand per year nothing else would ever enter my house!

I suspect this will get about one response because it's too high browed for the LRC crowd!!!

$100k per year is not rich, its not even close.

rich guy who buys fresh wrote:

Anyone with a reasonable amount of science background can understand enough biology and nutritional biochemistry to recognized that regular fresh produce, dairy, eggs, meat, etc. are every bit as good and safe as "organic." "Organic" is a marketing ploy to take money away from people who are fooled by food fads and don't know enough to filter out the nutty, non-science food scare information out there.

Organic is a regulated term. There are hormones, such as the one that got Ajee Wilson, that aren't in organic meat. Also, leafy greens have a very difficult time removing all the pesticides present, which also have biological effects. Though not necessarily organic, if your ever ate free-range chicken or eggs or grass fed beef you can tell the difference.

Also HFCS is used because it is such a cheap sugar. While cane sugar isn't much better, avoiding corn syrup will help you avoid a lot of less healthy food.

It's much more nuanced than "every bit as good and safe." You sound like the mayor of Flint drinking leaded water because it was "every bit as good and safe."

(Citation Needed)

I didn't Google it because I was there and lived it.

Coke stopped making Coke in 1985, and made New Coke. New Coke sucked, but it was designed to suck. They stopped making Coke so they could switch it from sugar to HFCS, to save production cost and appease Big Corn. A few months after New Coke came out, Coke Classic was re-released, and the people rejoiced.

And obesity rates began climbing at that very moment. NOT just from Coke having switched from sugar to HFCS, but from the entire food industry taking Coke's lead.

True, all sugar can make you fat, because sugar is caloric, and calories add up. HFCS, however, is something else entirely. Besided being hyper-sweeeeet and making you eat and drink even more HFCS, I'm pretty sure it's metabolized in your body differently that sugar.

Fact is, the nation began getting fatter when Coke Classic came out.

Sara Palin wrote:

Though not necessarily organic, if your ever ate free-range chicken or eggs or grass fed beef you can tell the difference.

Most people can't tell the difference in taste between regular eggs and range-free eggs.

free-range

Hurl wrote:

True, all sugar can make you fat, because sugar is caloric, and calories add up. HFCS, however, is something else entirely. Besided being hyper-sweeeeet and making you eat and drink even more HFCS, I'm pretty sure it's metabolized in your body differently that sugar.

Fact is, the nation began getting fatter when Coke Classic came out.

Fact is, correlation is causation. You really think Coke is making everyone fat? Also, being metabolized differently does mean it is making people fatter.

I'm not rich, and don't always buy organic (always do for beef though), but I don't fall for the "marketing ploy". If you are on a budget, organic is a variable along with nutrient content, macros, flavor, etc., which must be part of the tradeoff process.

Oh, and I am a biologist/physiologist by education and training.

farmer john wrote:

free-range

Eggs are never free range. How the heck would you round them up?