Why is eating right so expensive?

[fiction agent]

It seems like the only thing that's fairly cheap is peanut butter and brown rice.

Chicken, tuna, and meat in general is very expensive.

Almonds and cashews are really expensive.

Fruits, especiall berries, are expensive with fewer calories.

Vegtables are cheap, but you need to eat so many different kinds that it winds up being expensive.

Olive oil is expensive. (Canola isn't, but it's not as healthy.)

Protein shakes are damn expensive.

I'd really like to know how a poor person could even remotely eat healthy. Seems like fastfood is 1/4 the price. And yet the rich people are the fat ones...

What the hell do people spend their money on? Hot pockets?

 

[Kabeetz]

Actually the poor people are the fat ones because they eat so much fast food and don't have time to go to the gym. What world are you living in? Obesity is far more of an epidemic in lower income areas where the school lunches are less healthy, the nutritional education is of a lower quality, and also there is less physical space to play in.. so children are more likely to spend time indoors. And generally, parents who work long hours are less likely to cook and more likely to bring home fast food/to go food for their children.

And while healthy food can be pricey.. I GUARANTEE YOU that desserts and junkfood are much more costly than healthy food. The thing about a healthy diet is that most of those foods also appear in unhealthy diets.... (for example both diets include chicken, one is grilled, one is deep dried). Which would cost more to prepare at home? The latter. Why? More ingredients and also possibly the purchase of a deep fryer. etc.

 

[drail82]

Dude I hear ya. I spent over $200 of healthy food and it only lasted about 3 weeks and when I buy like tv dinners and pizza it last much longer.
Everyone is saying that America is so fat but the healthy food is soo expensive maby they should lower the prices of healthy food if its such a problem......

 

[Sartene]

Dude I hear ya. I spent over $200 of healthy food and it only lasted about 3 weeks and when I buy like tv dinners and pizza it last much longer.
Everyone is saying that America is so fat but the healthy food is soo expensive maby they should lower the prices of healthy food if its such a problem......

lol! i grew up in a low-income husing project (no thanks to my idiot parents) and everyone was on food-stamps. LOL.

the parents blew all the stamps on icecream and frozen dinners. Kids grew up fat.

 

[Faizakafez]

It seems like the only thing that's fairly cheap is peanut butter and brown rice.

Chicken, tuna, and meat in general is very expensive.

Almonds and cashews are really expensive.

Fruits, especiall berries, are expensive with fewer calories.

Vegtables are cheap, but you need to eat so many different kinds that it winds up being expensive.

Olive oil is expensive. (Canola isn't, but it's not as healthy.)

Protein shakes are damn expensive.

i beg to differ i'm a student and spend about 40-50 bucks a week on grocericies

what do i buy?

35 cans of tuna .55cents a can (FoodBasics)
1 ten lb bag of potatoes
1-2 botteles of generic brand diet coke
2 heads of cabbage
4 contairs of fat free cottage cheese
thats it..

once a ever 1-2 months i go to bulk store and buy 10 dollars worth of oats which is alot

 

[CRounder99]

i beg to differ i'm a student and spend about 40-50 bucks a week on grocericies

what do i buy?

35 cans of tuna .55cents a can (FoodBasics)
1 ten lb bag of potatoes
1-2 botteles of generic brand diet coke
2 heads of cabbage
4 contairs of fat free cottage cheese
thats it..

once a ever 1-2 months i go to bulk store and buy 10 dollars worth of oats which is alot

What the hell kind of meals do you make with that lineup? How many cans of tuna do you eat a day??

 

[lookatme4001]

i beg to differ i'm a student and spend about 40-50 bucks a week on grocericies

what do i buy?

35 cans of tuna .55cents a can (FoodBasics)
1 ten lb bag of potatoes
1-2 botteles of generic brand diet coke
2 heads of cabbage
4 contairs of fat free cottage cheese
thats it..

once a ever 1-2 months i go to bulk store and buy 10 dollars worth of oats which is alot

Well, for anyone who wants to have some flavor in their food its definitely more expensive.

When I was fat, I used to drink every weekend and eat 4x the amount of food I eat now and would survive off $150 a week. Now I spend more than $200 a week and find myself running out of money by the end of the month.

 

[Faizakafez]

What the hell kind of meals do you make with that lineup? How many cans of tuna do you eat a day??

6 cans

french fries with veggies and tuna

i just cut up the potatoes spary em with pam and add some seasoning and bake them..

 

[CRounder99]

6 cans

french fries with veggies and tuna

i just cut up the potatoes spary em with pam and add some seasoning and bake them..

Wow, that's a lot of tuna.

 

[Faizakafez]

yes i'm cheap and easy...

its usually like this
2 scoops whey oats
2 can tuna potatoes
2 can tuna potatoes
2 can tuna potatoes
2 scoops whey oats
1 cup cc 1 scoop whey and pb