A Healthy Diet On A Slim Food Budget

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Tips From Rush University Medical CenterIn lean economic times, we may need to tighten our food budgets, but it is important to do so wisely. Processed foods are definitely cheap. A dollar buys 1,200 calories of cookies or potato chips, but only 250 calories of carrots; or 875 calories of soda, but only 170 calories of orange juice. Filling up on cookies and soda, however, is a prescription for weight gain, cardiac disease, and other health problems.Read more at http://healtnhappyness.blogspot.com/2008/11/healthy-diet-on-slim-food-budget.html