Growing waistlines and an epidemic of chronic diseases show Americans are obviously struggling with where to go for proper diet advice, and it’s not hard to see why. Supposed health reporters across legacy outlets have spent recent years trying to convince an increasingly sick public that obesity is healthy, exercise is white supremacist, and red meat is as bad as cigarettes. Enter The Guardian in January, when a “lifestyle and wellness reporter” authored a column arguing “the best dinner is chip dinner.”
“Chip dinner is exactly what it sounds like: chips for dinner,” wrote Guardian reporter Madeleine Aggeler. “Ideally, there’s a dip too. Store bought, of course, because no one has the energy to whip up a pimento cheese dip on chip dinner night. Maybe there’s a little beverage treat involved too. But that’s it.”
Well, no, actually. Chip dinner is not the best dinner. There is not a single occasion wherein a dinner solely of chips and store-bought dip, whether to celebrate or cope, is the optimal menu pick. Of course, in the context of health, Aggeler knows this. About 500 words later, she acknowledges “meditation, exercise and connecting with friends” as “healthier ways to recharge.”
“But every once in a while, a person just needs to tuck into a bag of original Cape Cod chips, settle into the couch, and see what the gentle folks of the Great British Bake Off are up to now,” she added.
Chip dinner is not about loading up on essential vitamins
