10/15/2024
Nutritional facts:
Two elements of food prices we often overlook. It can be easy to look at a price tag & select foods based on their price per unit alone. But what about their nutritive value?
A box of cereal or loaf of bread *on sale* is still dollars spent on low or no nutritive-value food. A box of crackers or bag of chips lasts through one to two "snack" sessions & does not satisfy the pallet and triggers a glucose reaction that will cause more hunger. Wasted money on empty calories that induces overeating & addiction.
This is where the "I can't afford to eat healthy" myth falls into place. People aren't spending on nourishment, they're spending on low nutrient "foods" designed to keep you starving for more. Created for keeping customers coming back for more & more & more...
I know my money is stretched MUCH further on $6 per half gallons of raw milk, $5 or $6 dollar carton of eggs, & I'll pay the cost of beef, no matter the price. Because it's real, satiating nourishment that will keep you full longer, making you eat less.
Why? Because you're actually consuming the nutrients your body needs without the toxic substances designed to rewire your brain to be addicted to additives made in a lab & factory.
The point of this post is not to tell you to never buy the crackers or chips again, although your health & wallets would flourish for it. It’s to encourage you to change your mindset around food costs completely. You CAN afford to eat a healthy diet. Being sick is much more expensive but the customers it creates is the reason these faux foods exist in the first place.
Focus on real foods in real form. Organic. Grassfed. When you can. Always shop the outskirts of the grocery store (your local farms & markets would be best). Eat seasonally. Choose foods without labels & ingredients. It all matters.
