NEW MEDIUM POST: KEKE PALMER, FOOD INEQUALITY, AND FOOD ALLERGIES

Eat more fish!

Avocado oil is SO good for you.

Nuts are a healthy afternoon snack!

Leafy greens are the best way to get the nutrients you need!

You know what I hear with this? The only way to eat healthy is to die trying.

It shouldn’t be that way. Advocates for eating healthy (even when they mean well, as I believe Keke Palmer did in her recent tweets about free health food on EBT) often miss the fact that it’s not so easy for everyone. People who rely on government support programs or live in food deserts don’t have equal access to healthy food. Healthy means something different to people with food allergies. And when those intersect — limited food access AND food allergies — the consequences are dire.

Read more in my latest medium post.