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According to Whole Food and More, "There may be one reason why many Americans aren’t eating healthy that has nothing to do with will power or flavor: it’s too expensive.
Millions of Americans simply can’t afford to eat healthy, according to researchers at the University of Washington in the first study of its kind. They compared prices of healthy foods (rich in nutrients and low in calories, such as fresh vegetables, fish, lean meats and whole grains) with high-calorie junk foods. They found that prices for healthy food jumped nearly 20 percent over a two-year period, compared to a modest 5 percent increase in the overall food price inflation. Prices of high-calorie foods, meanwhile, remained about the same, and in some cases even dropped."
To read the entire article, and find out how you can afford to eat right, click here.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Can you afford to eat right?
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4 comments:
The cost of eating healthy has skyrocketed over the past few years due to the price of fuel,and corporate greed.
If one can grow their own fresh fruit,and vegetables the cost can be cut back signifigantly,and the quality will be much better.You will also know just what has been applied to those fruits,and veggies.
steven
Thanks for your comments Steve. I agree with you. It seems stores never run sales on the healthier foods; if you look in the fliers it's always the processed foods they're pushing. We grow as much as we can in our garden, and freeze it for winter, and also buy a side of beef from a farmer we trust that feeds his cattle grass rather than grain. I'll be posting about the benefits of grass fed beef shortly.
Hi Chris
Thanks for passing this message on. Eating healthy is the number one thing we can do to stay healthy. Our body needs good natural food to heal itself, I guess that's a different story, right?
Happy week to you.
Robin
Hi Robin,
We are what we eat. If we feed our bodies junk, it's only a matter of time before some illness or disease takes hold.
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