Comments on: Healthy diet more costly http://curvylife.com/2008/01/16/healthy-diet-more-costly/ GET YOUR CURVE ON! Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:56:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: curvy angela http://curvylife.com/2008/01/16/healthy-diet-more-costly/#comment-18 curvy angela Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:58:46 +0000 http://curvylife.com/2008/01/16/healthy-diet-more-costly/#comment-18 Thanks for sharing your experience. Two years ago I was diagnosed with auto-immune thyroid disease, and as part of the treatment I found out that I had a long list of food sensitivites: wheat, dairy, eggs, etc., all the usual suspects. To reduce inflammation, I also adopted a low glycemic diet. Needless to say, I had to cut way back on eating meals out, and I ended up cooking almost every meal from scratch. I was thinking that my food costs would go down, but I had the same experience as you--healthy eating costs me more than just "average" eating. I'm glad that I eat healthy, but I cringe every time I go to the grocery store. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Two years ago I was diagnosed with auto-immune thyroid disease, and as part of the treatment I found out that I had a long list of food sensitivites: wheat, dairy, eggs, etc., all the usual suspects. To reduce inflammation, I also adopted a low glycemic diet. Needless to say, I had to cut way back on eating meals out, and I ended up cooking almost every meal from scratch. I was thinking that my food costs would go down, but I had the same experience as you–healthy eating costs me more than just “average” eating.

I’m glad that I eat healthy, but I cringe every time I go to the grocery store.

]]> By: vesta44 http://curvylife.com/2008/01/16/healthy-diet-more-costly/#comment-17 vesta44 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:11:09 +0000 http://curvylife.com/2008/01/16/healthy-diet-more-costly/#comment-17 I've seen this on a personal level. I just got married a year ago, and DH is diabetic. We are eating low-carb to control his blood sugar, which means adding veggies. Even the frozen ones (which taste a LOT better than canned) are more expensive. We are spending probaby $25 a week more on groceries, and that is after cutting out a lot of processed, high-carb foods (what we spent on them is going on veggies and low-carb alternatives, plus an additional $25 a week). I'm just glad we have enough income to be able to do that, otherwise, DH would be using a lot more insulin than he now is to cover the carbs he would be eating if we couldn't afford as many veggies. I’ve seen this on a personal level. I just got married a year ago, and DH is diabetic. We are eating low-carb to control his blood sugar, which means adding veggies. Even the frozen ones (which taste a LOT better than canned) are more expensive. We are spending probaby $25 a week more on groceries, and that is after cutting out a lot of processed, high-carb foods (what we spent on them is going on veggies and low-carb alternatives, plus an additional $25 a week). I’m just glad we have enough income to be able to do that, otherwise, DH would be using a lot more insulin than he now is to cover the carbs he would be eating if we couldn’t afford as many veggies.

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