Eating healthy does not have to be expensive. One of the biggest excuses for not starting a healthier diet is because they believe they will spend a lot. Ideally, start with dietary changes from home because this allows a greater control of the family finances.

The first thing you should try to do whenever possible, is to prepare three meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) at home. This allow you to control the amount of food you serve, the kind of salt, sugar, fats, among others, used to prepare the dishes; and save costs, as a dish in a restaurant costs more money than what you could spend at home.

Studies claim that eating in fast food restaurants at least twice a week increases 56% the risk of ischemic heart disease. Therefore, the best solution is to cook and bake vegetables daily, to avoid the need to go out and buy on the street during the week.

An important data when buying groceries is to avoid buying processed foods; because the more processed a food is the less nutrient value it retains. Among the processed foods we can find sausages, canned foods and oils. To counter them you can opt for the healthy, all natural and green lettuce, potato, onion, parsley, coriander, pumpkin, celery, paprika, and all the existing natural options.

One idea that is being applied in the world, is grown at home. If you do not have much space, in a pot located in the balcony, you can sow lettuce or tomatoes Cherrys. If on the contrary, you have a garden, you can plant herbs with which to spice up healthy dishes; also grow fruits and vegetables. It is important to remember that it is possible to eat healthy and with less money.

The best thing about a healthy lifestyle is that you begin to lose weight without strict diets because, you are more aware of what goes in your body. Although there are still people who believe that healthy food is expensive, it must be seen as an investment for the physical and mental health. It is better to buy high quality foods because in the long run you will save more than going to a medical consultation, nutritionists and buying medicines.

It is necessary to avoid monotony, since this will cause that you choose unhealthy dishes. The basis of good nutrition is variety, and it is therefore important to combine the ingredients at hand. Natural food is always the best option for earning and spending less money.

Worth mentioning that reduce the use of waste is also a good strategy to save costs. There are websites that help reduce them providing advice to improve the size of the portions, keeping food fresh for long periods of time and with recipes for reuse in different ways. Cheer up!

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