Eating healthy isn’t more expensive

With $1 items on fast-food menus, it might seem that eating junk food high in sugar and fat is cheaper than eating healthy foods.

But a new study conducted by the Agriculture Department in the U.S. has found that when you look at it from a portion or weight (food weight, that is) perspective, eating veggies, fruit, grains and dairy products is less costly than eating foods high in sugar, saturated fats and salt.

So you can save your health and some money by eating well.

Which’ll give you more money to spend on sweet buys, such as this Banjo and Matilda cashmere heart sweater. It’s incentive enough (other than, of course, the incentive of good health and all!), dontcha think?

Leave a Comment May 17, 2012

Make it cash money

It’s all about the Benjamins, baby, if you’re trying to stick to a healthy, balanced diet.

(Actually, in Canada I suppose I should be saying it’s all about Sir Robert Borden–but I didn’t think anyone would get the reference.)

Paying in cold hard cash–versus debit or credit–at the supermarket may help you stick to a  healthier diet, says a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. It seems we find it more painful to pay for products with cash, and so we’re less likely to fill our carts with foods that are junky when doling out actual dollars the register.

Leave a Comment October 19, 2010