food in a week

How much food do you eat in a week?

I happened to see the interesting study which compare the household's food consumption in a week. They took pictures of food the family members eat on their dining or kitchen table and showed the expenditure for them. Participant were very international from Americans to refugee camp people.

The biggest eater was German family. The parents and two teenage boys eat over $500, and I saw a lot of meat and bread and beer on the table.

The American family eats like $350 per week. There were big pizzas and the container of Mac Donald's and a lot of soda bottles.

Japanese family had rice, fish, soy products and Cup Noodles before them. Their dining table was a tiny low table nearby the TV which was on.

The family in Malaysia eats a lot of vegetables and rice. They spend about $100 for food but it was quite a big family.

They lowest expenditure was of course refugee camp family. They showed only two basketball size of sacks seemingly some kind of grain in them and some tiny pouches of spice or something. They costs less than $2. $2 in a week!

I felt sorry for those poor family, they must be starving. We in the developed country people must do something for all those people.

Meanwhile I was stunned how much difference the food can make for people. The fact is not so much from outside.

If you compare two people, one eats 150% all the time and the other eats 50%, they still shape like human beings. One may be little bit plump and the other may be skinny, but the plump one wouldn't grow extra arm or anything.

But inside, 150% eater grows excess fat in his blood vessel. There are much risk for 150% eater to die for his heart attack more than the one for 50% eater's death for luck of nutrition.

Why would we eat then? Less eating may save your life and save money. It's easy in theory but ....I know it's hard. It's like karma we have to suffer for too much waste and too much worldly pleasure.