| What IS the real price of your long term health? | | | | You have to ‘waste money' in premium grocery |
| A famous saying says ‘your health is your | | | | stores to do it |
| wealth', but how many people take into account their | | | | Preparing healthy meals is too hard / takes too much |
| long term health, and what it costs? This article is | | | | time |
| here with the facts you need to consider that could | | | | Healthy foods taste bad or are only vegetables that |
| just save you thousands of dollars in the future (or | | | | no one likes |
| even right now!). What could you do with thousands | | | | Kids/families won't like the flavor or recipes |
| of extra dollars? Think of all the fun you could have | | | | Nothing from the above list is true. Let's take a closer |
| when you didn't have to spend it all on painful | | | | look: |
| procedures or life-threatening health scares. Plus, | | | | Selecting healthy foods in any grocery usually |
| there's a great solution to discover right now to save | | | | consists of buying non-processed foods like whole |
| you money in more ways than one! | | | | vegetables, fruits, and lean meats. The less work |
| The first thing to consider, is ‘where do health | | | | that someone else has to do to the product, the less |
| expenses come from'? | | | | it's going to cost. Compare a bag of apples or several |
| Of course, there are certain expenses that can't be | | | | bananas to those little ‘portion control' calorie |
| avoided, like check-ups or sudden disasters such as a | | | | pack foods. Which one do you get more of for your |
| broken arm. However, so many can just be avoided | | | | money? Which one is better for you, gives you more |
| by eating properly. What types of expenses might | | | | fiber, and fills you up for the same amount of |
| you be able to avoid easily, and for only pennies | | | | calories? Fruits always win that war. |
| extra? | | | | You can get 3 chicken breasts for $2.99, mixed salad |
| Long term prescription medications | | | | greens (a whole bag) for about $2.50 and an easy to |
| Surgery (knee, hip, heart, etc) | | | | make veggie couscous could total less $1.00 per |
| Elevated insurance premiums every month | | | | portion when you combine & divide up the cost |
| Doctor visits due to aches, pains or symptoms | | | | of all ingredients. In total, buying at these |
| Losing hours at work (or play) due to not feeling well | | | | "outrageous" prices will give you a per-meal total of |
| Colds, the flu, coughs & other short-term | | | | $2.16 for a family of three eating the above foods. |
| illnesses that disrupt what you want to do & | | | | (Sale prices may vary, doesn't include pantry items |
| make you buy expensive OTC medicines to combat | | | | such as spices & dressings which last over many |
| symptoms | | | | meals) You can't even buy value menu meals as |
| Plus, there are the hidden intangible costs like lost | | | | hearty as this for $2.16 a person. |
| time with the family or friends, stress for yourself or | | | | When was the last time you looked at a natural cook |
| family members who worry about you, and of | | | | book? Are you still eating or serving the same thing |
| course, feeling pain or symptoms. You may not think | | | | over and over just because it's what you've always |
| much of a doctor visit co-pay, or the addition of | | | | done? Natural is usually ‘close to the original |
| 30-90 dollars per month in prescriptions, but those all | | | | state' which means you're not going to have to |
| add up when you look at them over the course of a | | | | spend a lot of time in preparation. Can you work a |
| year…or more! Plus, you have better things to do | | | | blender? Then you can make super healthy & |
| with your time than sit around in a waiting room. | | | | anti-oxidant rich breakfasts in minutes any morning. |
| What will and what won't people spend on? | | | | You'll be amazed at the variety & ease of |
| It's surprising to see what people won't spend money | | | | preparation if you take a little time to plan ahead. |
| on, when it comes to being healthy. For example, | | | | After all, wouldn't you rather spend an extra 20 |
| you'll find plenty of people who won't pay the extra | | | | minutes a week than spend that time in a doctor's |
| dollar for "Free Range Outdoor Eggs" which contain | | | | waiting room? |
| higher levels of vitamin-d, well known to fend off | | | | You may hear trendy dieters complaining that fruits |
| colds and coughs. They may not even spend the | | | | have sugar and carbs however, they're so rich in |
| easy 3 or 4 dollars for a bottle of 100 1-a-day vitamin | | | | vitamins, minerals, fiber & anti-oxidants that you |
| d capsules. But then they'll gladly hand over $15.00 or | | | | really can't go wrong eating them. Did you know that |
| $20.00 for cold medicine once they get sick. Or even | | | | you'd have to eat 66 apples get enough calories for 1 |
| a $35.00 doctor co-pay on top of that. Plus they | | | | pound of fat? (apples have about 53 calories for an |
| have the ‘expense' of lost time and feeling bad. | | | | average one) It's the fiber & pure water |
| (Do the math! 4 dollars x 4 bottles = 16 dollars for a | | | | content that fills you up while your body gets the |
| whole year (plus) worth of 1-a-day vitamin D caps, is | | | | nutrients. Fruit is also very kid friendly, both in meals |
| that less than you spend on medicine when someone | | | | or as a snack. When you buy ‘in season' fruits |
| catches a cold? Wouldn't you rather be so healthy | | | | they cost less, and give you variety throughout the |
| you never GOT the cold?) | | | | year so you're not getting tired of a certain flavor. |
| That's only the most simple of examples though. | | | | Frozen fruits & vegetables are always in season, |
| There are others that are much more extreme and | | | | meaning they cost less when their fresh counterpart |
| time consuming. Even while insured, there may be | | | | is out of season. If you've got the space, you can |
| expenses over $10,000 for something like hip, knee | | | | also save by buying in bulk. Wouldn't you rather |
| or heart surgery which could have been avoided by | | | | spend .50 cents extra per pound on grass fed beef |
| not carrying extra weight. Not to mention the | | | | or pesticide free fruit than spend three times that |
| permanently raised insurance rates for both health | | | | trying to fix the symptoms that these toxins cause |
| (and if you carry it) life insurance. Chronic conditions | | | | in your body after years of ‘punishing it' with |
| like low bone density & diabetes can be even | | | | chemicals? |
| more costly in the long run. Those are expenses that | | | | Where is the real cost? |
| never go away. | | | | You can pay a little up front on natural foods, and |
| The Amazing Solution: | | | | pay a little in time making your own natural meals, or |
| Most health problems can be prevented or solved | | | | you can spend many times that amount later on as |
| through eating well. And most problems people have | | | | you scramble to fix all the problems caused by eating |
| with eating well are simply MISCONCEPTIONS! False | | | | in an unhealthy way. The choice and the method |
| beliefs keep people thinking that: | | | | aren't difficult at all when you see the facts laid out |
| Eating healthy is always much more expensive than | | | | like this. |
| eating normally | | | | |