Why They Do Not Want You To Eat Healthy

“They” is rarely one group; it is many incentives that make cheap, tasty, long-lasting food more profitable than nourishing food.

Highly processed foods sell well because they are engineered for craving, packaged for convenience, and marketed with huge budgets.

Healthy food can cost more time and money because fresh items spoil, cooking takes effort, and bad diet problems show up slowly.

Confusion is good for business: labels are hard to read, health claims are slippery, and new studies get turned into headlines.

Food policy matters: subsidies, lobbying, and school and workplace catering can push whole diets in one direction.

You can step outside the game by building a simple default: mostly whole foods, enough protein and fibre, water, and meals you can repeat.

Do not look for villains; follow the incentives, then choose your own, one shop and one dinner at a time.