Thursday, January 29, 2009

It's Too Expensive to Eat Healthy

People are always talking about how eating healthy is just too expensive. I've always tried to stress that you don't need to buy the fancy organic food. It's a combination of fresh food and smart choices.

A little experiment that included two lunches purchased in New York City:

Lunch #1 included a salad of fresh baby spinach, chickpeas, sundried tomatoes (NOT in oil), black olives, a palmful of Parmesan cheese, sliced mushrooms with fresh lemon juice and pepper as the dressing.
Cost = $6.00

Lunch #2 included McDonald's single cheeseburger, small french fries, small strawberry shake.
Cost = $6.25.

Your heart, gut and wallet thank you.