Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel
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Very, very, very.
And, you know, if you don't cook yourself, you don't know what oils they're using.
You don't know how much salt they're adding.
There are all sorts of things you can't, you know.
Yes, you like McDonald's, but they're controlling what you're eating and they're controlling.
you know, how much of the bad stuff you're getting.
That's not a place you want to be to let some corporation decide what you're going to ingest.
So learning how to cook.
And again, as you point out, a couple of recipes at breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and then, you know, develop one a week.
It's not a big challenge.
It's not that
Everyone can do it.
And this isn't classist or sexist.
You know, given the cost of eating at McDonald's these days, buying food at a supermarket and spending a half hour or whatever to cook it is going to be cheaper.
No, I totally, totally agree with that.
And again, at this moment where processed foods and going out to fast food restaurants is getting so expensive, doing it at home is going to be both healthier and
both immediately and in the long term, and cheaper.
And the other thing, Mark, is the evidence growing by just staying off ultra-processed foods for a month and the change it breeds in people.
Compelling, compelling.
You're feeling better, you're less depressed, you're able to sleep.