How do you eat healthy for cheap? 36 Here are some tips to keep good fuel going into your body and money left for other things.
1. Grow a garden.
Growing your own plants is one of the most effective ways to put yourself in high supply of healthy foods for cheap. 37 If you don’t have a yard, you can grow potted plants. Things like tomatoes, potatoes, and carrots are good high-nutrition plants that grow in most climates. Befriend others who have a garden and change different vegetables.
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Many households use vegetable oil to cook their foods instead of olive oil since it’s cheaper. Unfortunately, vegetable oil has been demonstrated to be pretty bad for you while olive oil is about one of the best things you can put into your body. 39 Try shopping at a warehouse store like Costco or Sam’s Club. You’ll be able to find the same nutritious olive oil around half the price.
3. Eat at home.
A final tip on how to eat healthy and do so as cheaply as possible is to eat at home. Most eating done out of the house is pretty unhealthy, usually even worse than people realize. 40
There are many regulatory agencies preventing restaurants from making whatever health claims they want. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.