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The Food Babe often says to avoid certain foods because they contain chemicals, or had chemicals applied to aid in growth or control pesticides. She is against chemicals, but little does she know that nearly everything is a chemical. Water is a chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide. What, are we supposed to separate out the carbon and hydrogen from our food and eat them as elements? That doesn't sound very healthy.
My wife always says I need to eat more veggies. I then ask her why, and she says because they contain vitamins. I then reply that I take vitamin supplements (which also have not really been shown to aid in health for most people). She basically has no good reason why I should eat veggies. I point out that the cost per calorie is astronomical compared to other foods. How many k calories in a $2 bundle of asparagus; 100 perhaps? I can get a Hungry Man dinner for the same price and it has corn, potatoes, butter, pork ribs and bbq sauce with 850 calories.
Anyhow, potatoes are a good value. That and rice. Lots of calories per dollar with those foods. I'm 6'2" 166 lbs and trying to gain weight again. 200 has always been a goal of mine, but the closest I've come is 195.
... and that reminds me to eat the chicken and rice waiting for me in the fridge at work.
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