Diets are racist now. This is not Babylon Bee.
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Diets are not racist but truly good diets are kind of cost prohibitive
The real issue is you can seed, nut, legume your way to protein macros cheap but amino acid chains are incomplete and therefore it is kind of pointless
Then when you get to micro nutrients, you have to spend the money. The truly nutrient dense food is more expensive. Kale vs lettuce, zucchini vs cucumbers. High quality fruits, olive oil vs seed oils, etc
Also, the cultural factor. If you are from certain cultures food has a very important place in social functions and traditions. So a one size fits all diet does not fit everybody
Sorry but is not so, no pun intended, black and white.
Diets don't work from what I can see. Too many people don't have the will power. You have to go for lifestyle change completely.
I'm of the opinion that if we look at healthy people living in West Africa where most African-Americans have ethnic ancestry, we can find very clear examples of healthy, nutrient-complete diet options that are well within her budget, even in an American grocery store. I don't care how racist this woman is, there's still no excuse. There is "black people" food that solves her problem.
I have visited East Africa and from a bus seen the whitest and widest smiles ever in rural people that probably were too poor for modern dentistry. People are bent over, tending to their green vegetables and have goats and chickens.