People are crazy who claim that it costs more to eat healthy than to eat unhealthy. This is wholly untrue. Now, if you’re buying hipster food from some yuppie health food store, you may be right. But if you’re buying basic needs of the common person from a bulk food store, it is a whole lot cheaper to eat healthy. Please note what I listed below is probably far below what an unhealthy person eats. In fact, they probably eat more like 3,000-4,000 calories on any given day spending a lot more money. And the healthy person diet below is probably way more than they usually eat (see chart at bottom).

Keys to eating Cheap & Healthy:

• Buy in bulk
• Buy generic
• Invest in a deep freezer
• Go for calories and nutrition, not flashy labeling or name brands
• Beware of ends of shopping aisles and front of store gimmicks
• Compare price per ounce or per-serving, not overall cost
• Pre-plan & pre-make meals
• Go big on left-overs – make in bulk and save
• Drink lots of water
• Never shop hungry
• Beware of high markup places – convenience stores, street vendors, fast food
• Beware of yuppy stuff – “Organic”, “Non-GMO”, … (not regulated–long story)
• Plant your own home garden