The Money Myth

It's so expensive to eat clean and eat healthy. False. It is not only monetarily less expensive to eat clean but less taxing on your body as well. If you think eating unhealthier is cheaper and thereby do it simply because it is cheap you may as well swallow your money because there may be more nutrition in the money than in thay mcdonalds fry. Obviously I'm quite biased on the topic only because I think not eating healthy because you have made yourself believe it cost to much, is a down right lousy excuse for being unhealthy.  Now I'm not saying never go out for a meal because that would be absurd. However I am saying if you eat the majority of your meals not out (homemade, not takeout don't get sneaky) it will be cheaper and obviously healthier unless you cook

First off eating cleaner and healthier keeps you well in the sense of not needing to visit that doctor and pay a co-pay or go to urgent care and sit there until you have caught a disease in addition to already being sick. So, let's buy our own food, prepare our meals, eat wherever you want, on the go, on the couch or on the roof, and avoid the drive thru's and expensive lunches out!!

How can it be done you ask? And I say, buying in bulk!! Costco, Sam's, Super Walmart and any other bulk foods store should be additional sanctuaries for the American population.  After all everyone does seem to love food so much right? Just a few examples of how these places can really help out your bank account. I can buy enough eggs to last me about 22 days (4 eggs/day) and enough oats for well over 3 months (1/2 cup per day). That also totaling maybe 25 dollars. Tell me how many times you could go to Denny's on that budget and eat just as healthy and clean. I can also buy enough veggies and FRESH meat (chicken/salmon/tilapia) for a week for also around 25 dollars. Keep in mind that's eating about two or 3, 4-6 oz servings per day. I could go on and on but this blog would become a product list of Costco's website but you get the idea. And yes you have to have a membership at Costco but you end up getting your money back in savings in about 2 weeks. That being said Walmart has no membership and is probably just as good plus or minus a few items.

And on side note, the gigantor box of eggs WILL fit in your average sized refrigerator IF you remove all junk food! :)

Happy and healthy eating to everyone!