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adjl posted...

Eh, a lot of the really unhealthy stuff isn't really possible to make at home. Anything hydrogenated needs to be produced industrially, and while you could technically probably pull off HFCS at home, it'd be a ton of work and considerably more expensive than just using regular sugar (it being cheaper is the only reason it's used commercially). People can still gorge themselves on sugar at home, certainly (though even then, the simple act of putting all of that sugar in tends to turn people off of the product), but actually reproducing everything that's unhealthy about fast food is beyond the vast majority of home kitchens.

Probably wouldn't stop people from trying, though. Like when they made alcohol. It might not be the best, but they would probably still try... And if someone was able to actually make it, they'd probably try selling it. Even if it was illegal... Like with alcohol... And in that case, you wouldn't need everyone's kitchen to be able to make it. Just a few would need to... I don't see getting rid of fast food accomplishing anything. People will still eat what they want. And will probably replace it with other unhealthy options... And probably be worse off for it...