eli5: why is unhealthy food usually much cheaper than healthy food?

Question

I live in the US so i’m not sure how it is in other countries, I’d love to hear your thoughts from various locations in the comments!!

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Answer 1

It’s not. A head of lettuce is like 1.50. a cucumber is normally like 70 cents. Produce is very cheap. Why do you think it’s expensive? Even healthy lean meats aren’t very expensive. You can get a giant pack of chicken to last a week for like 10 bucks.