Minimalism

66Mustang

All good points @Jimm_Scope

I guess that is a good example of a saying I like: "it's expensive being poor"?

i.e. people with more money can afford to do the things I said but poor people have to pay more to satisfy their needs.

Jimm_Scope

Another thing that factors into that is how it's cheaper long-term to buy in bulk.

But if all you have is a tenner and the bulk version, that is cheaper by weight/amount, costs twenty you don't have much of a choice do you? But in the long-term it means you're spending more.

66Mustang

@Jimm_Scope yeah there are loads of examples of rich people being able to save money

Electric cars are a good example - you have to have a house with a drive, which means you probably have money, and you have to buy a £30-50k car which is a lot of money for most people. The people who really need to save money on petrol can't afford to do that.

rebel11

Jimm_Scope said:

The world of 'food' could do better, if they cut all the 'rubbish' out, the E's etc.

While many E numbers are indeed additives which are artificially made many are also entirely natural. E numbers are just a list of codes for substances in food. Vitamin C for example is E300. Monosodium glutamate (E621) is naturally found in tomatoes. But yes, many processed foods are quite far removed from what they were.

 It's a shame that many people are almost forced to use them because they are much cheaper and they don't have the money to have a choice.

Aspartame is a 'sweetener' found in soft drinks, but when it's broken down in the body into its two amino acids, methanol is formed. Methanol, better known as wood alcohol, is a toxic compound. It's used in paint thinner, antifreeze, and glass cleaners.