STOP saying healthy food is more expensive

I am a good shopper when it comes to getting the best bang for my buck. I buy 40lbs of boneless skinless chicken breast at 1.39/lb which is dirt cheap. I found a local corner meat store that sells it at bulk that inexpensive. I found places where I can buy produce less expensive than the avg grocery store. I invested in flavorings such as herbs ,olive and coconut oils, almond butter , nuts ,dried onion flakes ect .. this way i can make food a bazillion different ways as opposed to the same ol' same ol. food stretches a long way when you use the alloted amount for a serving too. also i found that things like the red bell peppers i buy on sale can freeze well too. i use red bell pepper in cooking a lot . it is expensive unless its in season or on sale.

New study confirms that eating healthy does indeed cost more:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/1ue6um/new_study_confirms_that_eating_healthy_does/

New study confirms that eating healthy does indeed cost more:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/1ue6um/new_study_confirms_that_eating_healthy_does/

For every study or published opinion for eating healthy is more expensive, you can find another one that is against it, like http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/04/cheap-healthy-food_n_3015030.html

There is no wrong or right answer here.

Shopping is dependent on individual store prices and food availability/popularity in a region. Unless we all live in the same place and have the same allergies/food intolerances/preferences/family format... Who are we to cast this dumb generalization either way.

That's okay that you disagree. The organic/healthier items are way more in my opinion.

I buy organic and I have checked prices. Organic is almost always more expensive. I buy certain items at certain stores. Obviously I buy most organic produce from Publix though because they are the only ones in the area that carry them. I have to say though eating healthier and mostly at home has saved me money. My husband and I use to spend $500 a month but we did eat out about 4 or 5 times a week. Now we eat almost ALL of our meals at home and try to eat organic whenever possible and now we are at about $300 a month. Obviously most of the savings are because we don't eat out anymore.

Here is just a few examples.

Regular/Organic
@Walmart
Eggs (12)1.59/ 4.58
Spinach(16oz) 2.98/4.99

@Publix
Strawberries(1#) 3.99/5.99
Cauliflower(1head) 1.99/3.99
Eggs(12) 1.99/4.99

Healthy food is more expensive. :happy: On a calorie for calorie basis, processed and fast food is cheaper.

There is no wrong or right answer here.

Shopping is dependent on individual store prices and food availability/popularity in a region. Unless we all live in the same place and have the same allergies/food intolerances/preferences/family format... Who are we to cast this dumb generalization either way.

Exactly! Someone posted how they get chicken breast at 1.39 a pound. I could never get that here.An average pack of 5 cost me about $20. You live in a small rural town, unless you get fresh local you can be screwed.

Just from province to province I have lived in I have noticed huge differences in prices..In the Martimes I have access to lots of fresh fish at amazing prices.. when I lived out west beef and dairy were much cheaper. This debate is old and over done.

I think my eating costs have reduced since eating healthily - and I use a combination of cheapy stuff from the supermarket when I can bothered to go, but mostly get fresh stuff from my greengrocer. For example, I bought 2 bags of fresh veg the other week, and yes I spent £6 on it all, including a cabbage, a pepper, a leek, an onion, cauliflower, sweet potato and squash. I then used most of these to make a pot of soup. Expensive soup I hear you say, when it contains £6 worth of veg.. but that pot of soup was monumentally huge, and gave at least 6 large servings. I freeze it individually in tubs once made, and suddenly my very healthy meal has actually cost me less than £1. Way cheaper than getting similar from a store, or any other alternative lunch meal.

Las week I got a 1kg pack of stir fry veg from tesco, it cost a quid. So far it's done me 4 meals and there's still some left, even with adding in some cheap meat again it comes to a pound a meal. Being able to cook IS a big factor for sure, but I love cooking.

I definitely think that you can't say 100% that it's more expensive or cheaper for everyone on the planet, because as has been said a thousand times before, everyone's locale has different prices, and some unfortunately live in the more expensive ones. I do think however that it also depends on what you ate before. If your only change in grocery shopping is to now buy organic, obviously it's more expensive - if however you're going from buying basically nothing but frozen pre-made meals, chips, soda, chocolates, etc. it's probably cheaper to buy all natural healthy foods. Maybe not calorie for calorie, but there's a big difference between eating 1000 calories of chips and 1000 calories of celery when you're talking satiety; I could easily eat the whole bag of chips in 1 sitting (over 1000 calories), but eating 1000 calories of celery? Not likely to happen in a day even.

I can honestly say my grocery bill has gone done since cutting out the junk food, but that's because I now buy natural or whole foods rather than processed "health" foods, which are also expensive. Replacing the $10 cheesecake desserts with some apples is both healthier and cheaper for me, and I don't live in a place that's all that cheap for food either (definitely not finding my meat for $1.39 a pound - try $4 a pound being a great deal)

It depends also on what you consider "healthy". To me real healthy foods are organic/grass fed, no gmo etc. and yes those are more expensive than non organic, etc.

Also, if you are really in a tough financial situation and literally only have $5 to feed a family of four for the day and no one has eaten the whole day and everyone is starving for dinner then a $5 Little Caesar's pizza goes farther than 2 apples and a piece of chicken.

I'm so happy Kroger is starting to sell organic/grass fed meats and products at a reasonable price. It is still a little more expensive than conventional foods. Healthy food is more expensive IMO, but it is definitely worth it if you can make it work.

i don't know what you mean by healthy food. i don't believe there is such a thing as healthy food. i also don't think there is such a thing as unhealthy food. likewise for good foods or bad foods. food is just fuel. you can be very "healthy" eating so-called unhealthy foods and vice-versa.

what matters is the nutritional content of each food choice in combination with all of your other food choices on a given day.

i know this is much too rational a way of seeing things than many people are prepared to accept, but i'm willing to keep pushing this boulder up the hill on the off chance that a few people will suddenly have epiphanies while reading my remarks.