It is just TOO Expensive to eat Healthy!

Dear Dr. Heather,
It is so expensive to eat “healthy”, it is much easier to eat unhealthy. I just think that you are wrong! No way is it about the same cost to eat unhealthy as it is to eat healthy??
Sincerely,

Junk food eater

Dear Junk food eater,

I refer to all junk food… “non-food items. The definition of food is
“any nourishing substance that is eaten, drunk, or otherwise taken into the body to sustain life, provide energy, promote growth, etc.”

Food items= basically everything that God grew and intended for human consumption, vegetables, grains, rice, corn, beans, fruits, beans, water, fish and animal protein
Non-food items= soda, candy, gum, frozen dinners, all prepackaged foods, canned pastas. I have never seen rivers filled with soda or trees made of candy and donuts ( except in Willie Wonka land), bleached flour/wheat products, hydrogenated oils, food colorings, monosodium glutamate, artificial ingredients….if you cannot read it or pronounce it, it is probably not a food. If it comes in a box wrapper, probably not a real food item.

Here is your homework to determine if it is more expensive to eat healthy:

1. Keep all of your receipts over the next month that you spend on food, grocery store, farmers market, drive thru and dining out.
2. Circle in RED pen all of the non-food items, if in doubt, count it.
3. Total up and calculate the percentage or what you spent on all non-food items.
4. Highlight all of the real food items that you purchased. ( fruits, veggies, meats, grains…)
5. Total and calculate this percentage.
6. Don’t forget to calculate any medical bills that were associated with illness of this month, missed work days, medical copays, prescriptions…… These expenses are related to being unhealthy. Eating unhealthy=being unhealthy.
7. Most importantly…….. I want to hear how what you found out for your household so leave send you comments!

I look forwards to hearing what you discovered,

In good health,

Dr. Heather