{"id":121,"date":"2008-04-30T14:48:05","date_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/changeyourbody.wordpress.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2008-04-30T14:48:05","modified_gmt":"2008-04-30T14:48:05","slug":"9-ways-to-eat-healthy-foods-and-cheaply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howtobefit.com\/coach-blog\/2008\/04\/30\/9-ways-to-eat-healthy-foods-and-cheaply\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Ways to Eat Healthy Foods (and Cheaply)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By now, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t most of us know what we <em>should<\/em> be eating  fruits, vegetables, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t whole grains, lean meats, and fish, among other foods. But anyone heading off \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t to the supermarket with a shopping list of the best recommendations for a \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t healthy diet is in for a bit of sticker shock. Over a two-year period, a recent \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t University of Washington study tracked the costs of &#8220;nutrient-dense&#8221; foods \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t (foods high in vitamins and minerals and low in calories) and &#8220;energy-dense&#8221; \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t foods (foods high in calories and low in vitamins and minerals  aka junk).* \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t The nutrient-dense foods rose in cost by almost 20 percent while the cost of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t junk food declined. The study found that getting your average day&#8217;s worth of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t 2,000 calories from the junk side cost $3.52 while getting your 2,000-calories \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t worth from nutrient-dense cuisine would cost $36.32. Since the average American \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t spends about $7.00 a day on food, you can see where the rise in obesity might \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t come from. \u00a0 <a title=\"9 Ways to Eat Healthy Foods (and Cheaply)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.howtobefit.com\/eat-healthy-cheaply.htm\">Continued&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now, most of us know what we should be eating fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and fish, among other foods. But anyone heading off to the supermarket with a shopping list of the best recommendations for a healthy diet is in for a bit of sticker shock. 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