Paleo 101: How and why you should eat like a Caveman
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Tuco
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Yeah I wonder how much wiggle room they have with that. When I was 14 and worked at McDonalds I knew how to pack the shit out of the fry container so that it was overflowing. And like you say Five Guys don't even bother giving a reasonable amount of fries. You're just lucky if you can procure your food before the bag melts from grease.
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Healthy eating is damn expensive.
I decided to make some homemade apple sauce, and a $5 bag of apples got me about two-to-three meals worth of apple sauce. I can buy a week's worth for less than that if I go the processed route from the supermarket. I opted for the cheapest apples too.
I decided to make some homemade apple sauce, and a $5 bag of apples got me about two-to-three meals worth of apple sauce. I can buy a week's worth for less than that if I go the processed route from the supermarket. I opted for the cheapest apples too.
Tuco
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When I started living on my own I ran an analysis of calorie / $ ratios for different stores and foods. And yeah, healthy eating is extremely expensive. What's funny is that very poor areas in the world (Think rural mexico, not ghettos in LA) have a diet consisting of almost all starch, which is the cheapest food you can get in the store. (Like 3000 calories a dollar, where as a frozen pizza is around 1300 calories, a can of tuna is like 80 calories/dollar and lettuce is 4 calories a dollar).
While McCheese's example is a good example of a way that healthy eating can be more expensive it's not universally applicable. Calorie per dollar calculations on the other hand are almost entirely pointless as your caloric intake is not a complete determination of how much food you'll eat. You can consume a lot of unhealthy calories and still desire more food because it isn't filling your stomach or providing nutrients your body needs.
A large salad that fills you up won't cost you any more than that pizza, but you will consume many more calories with the pizza. That's largely the point to healthy eating to begin with.
A large salad that fills you up won't cost you any more than that pizza, but you will consume many more calories with the pizza. That's largely the point to healthy eating to begin with.
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This is what bothers me about "processed" foods. I'm sure there's some dirt cheap apple sauce that has some chemicals in there to preserve shelf life. Probably those individual cups that are too sweet and marketed for kids.
But those other apple sauces, that have technically been "processed" in an industrial kitchen, what's really different than what you did at home? If anything, they have the means to preserve the apple sauce much longer through pasteurization and vacuum sealing.
Dashel
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Eating unprocessed stuff is definitely more expensive and more so if you cut out grains. Then if you want grass fed organic you can tack on even more $$$. Plus you have to cook a lot and go food shopping more often because fresh produce and meat will spoil quickly.
Still, you can buy in bulk from costco. Have some relatively cheap and easy go-to meals. It's effort though. I think it's worth it.
Actually one of the biggest things I'm trying to do is find quick (under 30 minutes start to finish) and easy recipes that fit what i think are good for me. There's always the super basic grilled chicken and broccoli type meals but they get boring.
Still, you can buy in bulk from costco. Have some relatively cheap and easy go-to meals. It's effort though. I think it's worth it.
Actually one of the biggest things I'm trying to do is find quick (under 30 minutes start to finish) and easy recipes that fit what i think are good for me. There's always the super basic grilled chicken and broccoli type meals but they get boring.
Soygen
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Yeah, the staple of my diet is grilled chicken breasts, broccoli and brown rice. Lots of fruit in between. Shit gets very boring. My girlfriend and I do new recipes every weekend at least, but during the week it's just easier for me to stick with routine.
Could be a lot worse, and it's perfectly fine to lose weight, calorie and actvity dependent.
Find where you local latinos and asians shop. My in-laws can fill their car to the roof with produce for like $50.
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Eating healthy is expensive because you're buying a $5 bag of apples for fucking applesauce. How about instead you buy whatever fruit is on sale for $1.29 per pound or cheaper? Also for morning meals Bananas are great, and here in NY it's 77 cents per pound. You can get a week's worth of fruit for $5.00.
It's honestly about smart shopping. Buy family packs of meat, especially when they're on sale. Chicken should be $1.99-2.99 per pound. 93% Beef at $2.99 per pound. I don't wait for sales on ground turkey because their usually isn't any. So I buy the family pack at $7.99.
These are the veggies I buy that last me a week. $6.99