Eating healthy is expensive!

THIS. This is what I mean. I went from paying $3 for a jar of peanut butter to $7, just to make sure I'm not eating additives.

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I can understand where she is coming from. I don't think she means fruits and veggies. Just to replace other items it does costs up to two times more. Example, I buy Laura Scudder's - All Natural Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Smooth. The only ingredients in it are peanuts and less than 1% salt, this jar costs about 2x what a regualr jar of JIF peanut butter cost. Same thing with sugar free jelly, yogurt ranch, pita bread, extra lean ground beef, turkey bacon etc....
So yes, I do agree that eating healthy is expensive. I love and eat my fruits and veggies, but i do like to eat other foods as well. Also so many fruits and veggies have very little calories, that you can eat more and more of them, thus meaning you will continuously keep buying these items. And yes they do add up, fast!
The only thing, i can tell you is to shop at food stores like Aldi. Here this store is pretty cheap with their fruits and veggies. Also think about the long run of your health, a few extra bucks on healthier foods is better than a lifetime of diabetes :ohwell:

THIS. This is what I mean. I went from paying $3 for a jar of peanut butter to $7, just to make sure I'm not eating additives. Little changes like that add up. Regular pasta costs a buck, quinoa pasta costs $4. Also, there is no way in hell I'm eating veggies from a can. Frozen is fine, but do you know how much sodium is in that crap? No thanks!

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Actually, I agree with her. Eating healthy IS expensive. You can say, well just eat some pasta, rice,etc etc. But for someone who truly wants to eat well, it is hard. Before, it was cheap for me to eat with spaghetti, rice, frozen veggies etc. However, I am against GMO food, so I go out of my way to get everything Organic because it isn't a scam, it actually makes a difference whether a pesticide is INSIDE your food or not. Most grains are GMOs, so this is hard. My body can't handle gluten very well, so I get flax seed pita bread, more expensive than a 99 cent loaf of white bread. Organic lettuce, more expensive than the pesticide and insecticide filled regular lettuce, although I do at times HAVE to get the chemical lettuce. It is cheaper to buy a 99cent bag of chips than it is for one eggplant. Frozen veggies are a life saver because they are cheaper than the fresh ones. I just started eat fish and poultry again, but I will only eat it if its organic, grass fed, with no antibiotics -- more expensive than chicken at .99/lb. You want some hummus? More expensive than 99 cent sour cream dip with 50 ingredients you can't pronounce. Every documentary on healthy eating will even tell you that it is more expensive and that is the problem in this country. Eating a can of non-organic corn is basically the same as eating a spoonful of Raid, this is a scientific fact, just look it up, they both have insecticides. Corn and soy are some of the worst, the GMO makers have the insecticides inside the seeds; this is not a joke or over-exaggeration. Eating healthy isn't just about losing weight, its about putting clean non-contaminated healthy food in your body. As for the Tofu and such, that is a no-no. Basically all soy is made with GMOs, so it isn't actually "healthy" for you. But that's a different story, and to each his own. The reality is that 95% of the food on in our grocery stores are made with GMOs so you can't realistically get completely away from it.

But back to the topic, it is expensive to eat healthy. Someone may say that Almond Milk is just as cheap as Regular Milk if you know where to get it, but did you take a look at the ingredients in that Almond Milk? A lot of food and items that are marketed as "natural" or "healthy" really aren't. For example, the Natural Jif Peanut Butter, you still have insecticide inside the peanuts used to make the peanut butter, is it really all that healthy? Sure, it is better that they used Palm Oil, but its not as good as a peanut butter that is organic ground peanuts with just a bit of salt added to it. Racking up on rice and pasta isn't the best way to drop a few pounds either, so if you want lean meats, veggies, and some healthy snacks, it definitely can run up your grocery bill.

I'm not saying its impossible. Buttttt, it definitely is LESS expensive to buy some fatty ground beef, 99 cent pasta, and 99 cent sauce, some ramen noodles, and call it a day. When you want lean chicken and eggplant, it will cost you the same amount for those two things as it did for the 4 above. But frozen veggies are your ace in the hole, you get those and you will save A LOT of money.