re: When did the myth that eating unhealthy processed foods is cheaper than eating healthy?

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Now compare healthy prepared food to unhealthy.

No shite food you prepare yourself at home is cheaper

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lazy lazy lazy


If you avoid the inside aisles of the grocery store and focus on the outside, you’re going to eat better and live longer and with less added weight too, and have a lot more money in your pocket.

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88% of the US population doesn’t receive food stamp benefits


You think 8 out of 9 people you see are NOT buying cheap processed garbage food?

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Stop with your facts, Roger is right because he lives alone in Alaska since society ran him off.

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If you avoid the inside aisles of the grocery store and focus on the outside

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Dairy is on the outer perimeter of the grocery ...

Just a joke, just a joke

I don’t know ... maybe big business?

There are some places in this country, where fresh food is harder to find than fast food.

Think of all the ghetto corner stores that sell tons of greasy fried chicken, but no heads of lettuce. Or a head of lettuce is $4, because "convivence"

That's the only time, maybe, an argument can be made that it's cheaper to eat processed foods.

Also, I think people make weird comparisons. They say eating fast food is 2 $1 tacos from Taco Bell, but eating healthy is a $9 steak.

But as others have said... really, it's a time issue.

Ever since I started working from home and don't have that daily 90 min round trip commute, I have more time to do all sorts of things, such as exercise more, and cook healthier.

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I couldn't find a receipt but something to the effect of

20 lbs chicken $60
1 skin on salmon slab $18
2 packaged flank steak packs $40
2 chuck roast $24
Whole turkey brest $12
Pork chops $8
Assorted produce purchased throughout the month $50

Total $212

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i have 2 teenage sons, that list wouldn’t make it 5 days in my house.

bullshite.

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Eating the same overcooked meat, mushy veggies, and bland rice every day of the week gets old.

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Learn to cook

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I’m not saying fresh produce and meat is prohibitively expensive, it isn’t......but $200 a month is absurd unless you live alone and/or eat only chicken breasts and strips of celery

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I mean if you live alone that's somewhat doable for a healthish diet I would say. I'll do a quick analysis for what I buy often

You can find chicken breasts on sale for like $2 a pound at Kroger. Buy it in bulk and you can get a month worth for like $40. Same goes for pork loin which you can get for $3-$4 a pound (we will say 7 pounds at $3 here). Let's say you can do all of that for $60 a pound for your meats. That's almost an entire pound of meat a day, which would be a lot for most people (I eat 12 oz a day)

Eggs, get 2 dozen a week and it can be less than $20. We are up to $80. That's 3-4 eggs a day

Potatoes you can get a pound for less than a dollar sweet or russet, so you can get a pound a day for $30 or so. Can use some for a hash in the morning and some for a side.

At $110.

Carrots organic are $1 a pound. Eat 2 pounds a week. You are now at $8 more dollars...$118.

Broccoli crowns are $1.69 a pound near me. Eat 2 pounds a week and you are at $15...$133.

Salad greens are like $5 for the organic with 5 servings. $20 a month...$155

Some other veggies for your salad excluding carrots: cucumbers are less than $1 each, as are onions and radishes are cheap as crap. Let's say you spend $5 a week on those...$175.

Bananas and apples are cheap as crap. can eat two a day for less than $15 a month..$190.

That won't feed you 7 days a week for 52 weeks a year as you need to buy butter/oil/condiments/dressings etc. but it's not extremely outrageous. Eat one meal out and it's $15-20 easy

Edit: you can buy some things like rice in huge bags that will be way cheaper than potatoes.

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if you’re meal prepping, that meal microwaved on a Wednesday isn’t as good as the one on Monday.

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I’ll backhand you to next week if you talk about my smoked chicken and andouille gumbo like that again