In the 1950s, our society was accustomed to making everything from scratch and only eating out at restaurants once or twice a month. As more women went off into the workplace and companies looked for cheaper alternatives for producing food, we quickly began to decline in our food choices. Today, more people are looking to eat healthier in a time where it may be easier than ever to reverse our eating habits.
1. More Resources Available
With online forums and blogs focused primarily on eating healthier, there are now thousands of resources right at the fingertips of consumers. The Internet has made more resources available to society without having to consult a nutritionist or enter a library. We can now become more educated on nutrition and diet due to the popularity of healthy eating.
2. Extensive Research Performed
After the obesity epidemic in the early 2000s, more people found the value in eating healthy and changing our habits to live longer and prevent illness. This launched new studies and research from universities, nutritionists, and doctors. Many health professionals use nutrient databases to track healthy foods and figure out what’s really the healthiest for us. Today, we are now more aware of the dangers of gluten, the false hope in processed foods, and the ramifications of consuming pesticides due to extensive research.
3. Improved Recipes
With a high demand for healthy meals, more chefs and food enthusiasts have experimented and created delicious recipes that are plant-based or all-natural with the ingredients. This has made it easier to cook delicious meals that are void of processed sugar, trans fat, lard, or vegetable oil. With more recipes, it’s easier to give up junk food and enjoy the tastes of natural choices.
4. More Access to Natural Foods
In the early 1990s, it may have been difficult to hunt down a gallon of almond milk or a GMO-free protein bar in local grocery stores. Today, most stores carry healthy foods due to the growing demand for more natural products. It’s now easier to have access to healthy food products without traveling to specific stores.
5. Lower Prices
In prior years, a common excuse to maintain an unhealthy diet was due to the high cost of healthy food products. Although this may have been true at one time or another, stores have reduced the cost of healthy products and made them easier to purchase to compete with other grocery stores. There are also more coupons available for organic choices or non-dairy options to maintain customers’ loyalty to certain brands.
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