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Top 10 Healthy Yet Cheap Organic Foods
Anthony Gucciardi
Activist Post
Cheap organic foods? In the face of global economic struggle, the
issue of personal finance is at the heart of the average consumer. But
do you really have to shed an exorbitant amount of your money to
purchase organic foods over conventional?
The answer is no, and there is a surprisingly large amount of high
quality organic foods that are quite cheap — even when considering low
income families. Even families on foodstamps have been able to live entirely on an organic diet on the foodstamp income alone.
There’s even a documentary about it called
Foodstamped, which is hosted free online. The couple in the film eats a
100% organic diet on as little as $40 a week. There are keys to keeping
costs down such as buying from farmers markets when possible and always
buying whole food options as opposed to pre-made or processed meals,
but I am going to give you a list of 10 key items that are really quite
cheap.
In fact, they purchased many of them in the film to keep their costs
down. When you get the opportunity, you can even store up on some of
these items in bulk and cut costs even further — not to mention that
many of these foods are capable of acting as long-term storeable foods.
Here are the top 10 healthy yet organic real food items that won’t break your budget:
1. Brown Rice
Brown rice has a lengthy shelf life when stored properly in a sealed
container, and can make for a full meal simply by eating it alone or
adding in some of the vegetables in this list. Organic brown rice when
purchased in bulk, or at least not from pre-packaged bags, can be
extremely cheap while able to be incorporated into many meals.
2. Assorted Seeds
Highly nutritious and beneficial food items like organic flax or organic
sunflower seeds are available for a very low price — especially when
you bag them yourself. Flax has a great deal of healthy fats and other
nutrients, and can compliment a diet lacking in real nutrition while
being easy on the pocketbook.
3. Eggs
Certified organic eggs are extremely cheap when you consider how many
meals a regular carton of 12 eggs can provide. This is amplified even
further when it is locally harvested. At Whole Foods you can find local
eggs on sale for around $2 a dozen or even less. If that’s too much,
then go straight to the source and buy in bulk. When considering that
around 2-3 eggs can make a meal, an entire carton can provide a lot of
quality nutrition for a very low price. It also doesn’t hurt that eggs
are known as powerful superfoods.
4. Carrots
Chop them up and include them with the brown rice, or juice them for a
great morning drink. Carrots can be purchased in bulk size for less than
$4 and will last quite a long time.
5. Apples
Great for flavoring up juices or combining with peanut butter (see next
down the list), apples are a tasty fruit that literally do keep the
doctor away. Plus, they also happen to be really inexpensive.
6. Peanut Butter
High quality organic peanut butter can help keep your taste buds happy
while shopping organic on a budget. It can also be combined with other
food items like seeds or apples to alter the snack altogether, and is
often a favorite among children.
7. Nuts
Nutritionally dense and great to snack on as a meal or inbetween one,
nuts like almonds and cashews can be found for close to nothing when
packaged yourself or purchased in bulk quantities. Another food item
that stores for a very long time.
8. Olive Oil
Long hailed as a key remedy to multiple conditions and used in cleansing activities like oil pulling,
you can find organic, extra virgin cold pressed olive oil for less than
$5. You may be surprised how much you can get, too. Don’t look for
fancy brands, but try your best to ensure that it contains the wording
‘cold pressed’, ‘extra virgin’, and of course USDA certified organic.
9. Grass-Fed Meats
The best bet with grass-fed meats, if you choose to eat meat, is to
purchase from a farm directly. You can find meats like bison and buffalo
for a low price when dealing with the source. These meats are
particularly of high quality as buffalo and bison are not administered
the same degree of medical intervention as cows and chickens. In fact,
federal law protects buffalo meat from a great deal of antibiotic use
and even hormonal injection.
10. Onions
Onions are known to pack a nutritional punch that rivals many superfoods
within the fruit and vegetable family. They are also excellent flavor
boosters and can be added to your brown rice vegetable mix, topped off
with some olive oil, and make for an absolutely delicious meal that is
both free of harmful ingredients and nourishing to the body.
It doesn’t have to drain your bank account to avoid toxic additives like
high-fructose corn syrup, MSG, aspartame, genetically modified
ingredients, and so on. Instead, checkout these top 10 cheap organic
food items, shop in season, and find local farms and farmers markets to
go straight to the source. Also, please share this article with anyone
who thinks that organic simply cannot work for them as it is too
expensive. For less than 20 dollars you can purchase a considerable
amount of organic food items that are both delicious and
contaminant-free.
This article first appeared at Natural Society, an excellent resource for health news and vaccine information.
Thanks to: http://www.activistpost.com
Top 10 Healthy Yet Cheap Organic Foods
Activist Post
Cheap organic foods? In the face of global economic struggle, the
issue of personal finance is at the heart of the average consumer. But
do you really have to shed an exorbitant amount of your money to
purchase organic foods over conventional?
The answer is no, and there is a surprisingly large amount of high
quality organic foods that are quite cheap — even when considering low
income families. Even families on foodstamps have been able to live entirely on an organic diet on the foodstamp income alone.
There’s even a documentary about it called
Foodstamped, which is hosted free online. The couple in the film eats a
100% organic diet on as little as $40 a week. There are keys to keeping
costs down such as buying from farmers markets when possible and always
buying whole food options as opposed to pre-made or processed meals,
but I am going to give you a list of 10 key items that are really quite
cheap.
In fact, they purchased many of them in the film to keep their costs
down. When you get the opportunity, you can even store up on some of
these items in bulk and cut costs even further — not to mention that
many of these foods are capable of acting as long-term storeable foods.
Here are the top 10 healthy yet organic real food items that won’t break your budget:
1. Brown Rice
Brown rice has a lengthy shelf life when stored properly in a sealed
container, and can make for a full meal simply by eating it alone or
adding in some of the vegetables in this list. Organic brown rice when
purchased in bulk, or at least not from pre-packaged bags, can be
extremely cheap while able to be incorporated into many meals.
2. Assorted Seeds
Highly nutritious and beneficial food items like organic flax or organic
sunflower seeds are available for a very low price — especially when
you bag them yourself. Flax has a great deal of healthy fats and other
nutrients, and can compliment a diet lacking in real nutrition while
being easy on the pocketbook.
3. Eggs
Certified organic eggs are extremely cheap when you consider how many
meals a regular carton of 12 eggs can provide. This is amplified even
further when it is locally harvested. At Whole Foods you can find local
eggs on sale for around $2 a dozen or even less. If that’s too much,
then go straight to the source and buy in bulk. When considering that
around 2-3 eggs can make a meal, an entire carton can provide a lot of
quality nutrition for a very low price. It also doesn’t hurt that eggs
are known as powerful superfoods.
4. CarrotsChop them up and include them with the brown rice, or juice them for a
great morning drink. Carrots can be purchased in bulk size for less than
$4 and will last quite a long time.
5. Apples
Great for flavoring up juices or combining with peanut butter (see next
down the list), apples are a tasty fruit that literally do keep the
doctor away. Plus, they also happen to be really inexpensive.
6. Peanut Butter
High quality organic peanut butter can help keep your taste buds happy
while shopping organic on a budget. It can also be combined with other
food items like seeds or apples to alter the snack altogether, and is
often a favorite among children.
7. Nuts
Nutritionally dense and great to snack on as a meal or inbetween one,
nuts like almonds and cashews can be found for close to nothing when
packaged yourself or purchased in bulk quantities. Another food item
that stores for a very long time.
8. Olive Oil
Long hailed as a key remedy to multiple conditions and used in cleansing activities like oil pulling,
you can find organic, extra virgin cold pressed olive oil for less than
$5. You may be surprised how much you can get, too. Don’t look for
fancy brands, but try your best to ensure that it contains the wording
‘cold pressed’, ‘extra virgin’, and of course USDA certified organic.
9. Grass-Fed MeatsThe best bet with grass-fed meats, if you choose to eat meat, is to
purchase from a farm directly. You can find meats like bison and buffalo
for a low price when dealing with the source. These meats are
particularly of high quality as buffalo and bison are not administered
the same degree of medical intervention as cows and chickens. In fact,
federal law protects buffalo meat from a great deal of antibiotic use
and even hormonal injection.
10. Onions
Onions are known to pack a nutritional punch that rivals many superfoods
within the fruit and vegetable family. They are also excellent flavor
boosters and can be added to your brown rice vegetable mix, topped off
with some olive oil, and make for an absolutely delicious meal that is
both free of harmful ingredients and nourishing to the body.
It doesn’t have to drain your bank account to avoid toxic additives like
high-fructose corn syrup, MSG, aspartame, genetically modified
ingredients, and so on. Instead, checkout these top 10 cheap organic
food items, shop in season, and find local farms and farmers markets to
go straight to the source. Also, please share this article with anyone
who thinks that organic simply cannot work for them as it is too
expensive. For less than 20 dollars you can purchase a considerable
amount of organic food items that are both delicious and
contaminant-free.
This article first appeared at Natural Society, an excellent resource for health news and vaccine information.
Thanks to: http://www.activistpost.com
