Why eating quick cheap food is actually more expensive - lin

amycal

I found this very interesting reading. It is a challenge to not just eat less and fewer calories, but "better"

http://drhyman.com/why-eating-quick-cheap-food-is-actually-more-expensive-1855/?utm_source=Publicaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=drhyman.com newsletter issue #3&utm_term=Read+more

kayemme

thank you so much! i've been doing a lot of research on this over the last ten years. it's so true.

kayemme

in fact, i might add that it's not only the hidden costs, but the actual costs that are more expensive in processed foods..

a very quick example: anytime you're at the grocery store, look at the cost per pound, even if you have to break out a calculator for it. a box of processed breakfast cereal, for example, is somewhere in the $7/lb family. But kale is usually, what, $1/lb? Oatmeal is usually about $2/lb? something like that? I haven't done the math in a while, so excuse some out of date numbers, and even better just do it yourself next time you're in the grocery.

out of season food is rather costly on a number of different levels, but i wouldn't even worry about that in the beginning of making a transition.

my bf & i eat on $50/wk for two people (that doesn't count the occasional eating out - just our regular "grocery bill") and we eat really, really well and balanced. both of us are extremely healthy (as far as we know).

i've written a number of articles on the subject, too... if anyone is interested, i'll post links.