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"I can't afford to buy healthy food."
"Fruits and vegetables are too expensive."
"Grocery store prices are astronomical."
"It's cheaper to eat fast food."
We hear these "excuses" every day--and they're good ones. But we don't give up that easily and believe any excuse can be overcome. Today we're setting out to prove that healthy eating is possible on any budget.
We compared the cost of unhealthy foods from the drive-thru, freezer section and snack foods aisle to the cost of healthy foods. By making even one of these swaps, you can make room in your grocery budget for a few new healthy foods.
The photos below aim to show the diversity in healthy foods available. Prices may vary in your area (some items were on sale when we shopped), but we think you'll be shocked at how far you can stretch a buck at the supermarket when you buy healthy foods!
If you bought all that junk food in one month, you would spend $115.64. The healthy food would cost $111.83 but feed you and your family for far more meals.
It might take a bit more time and planning to put these foods on the dinner table each night, but at least now you know you can afford to try!
Foods are store brand unless noted.
(Grocery prices from Wal-Mart and Meijer in Noblesville , Indiana , and Cincinnati , Ohio ; fast food prices from the greater Indianapolis and Cincinnati areas, 2010)
Today, we can easily find numerous fast food restaurants in the world. In fact, fast food comes from America and no doubt reflects the attitude of the United States. This food is a practical, quick, tasty and inexpensive to serve. Is not it amazing that only about 30 seconds, you will be served with a delicious and hot as called cheap fast food? Unfortunately, fast food contains too much fat, calories, saturated fat, salt and sugar. Therefore, fast food is considered junk food or unhealthy. But sometimes the problem is not fast food, the problem is people eating too much of it too often.
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