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by kingkongreveng_ 5948 days ago
> Food that is good for you is just more expensive than food that is bad for you.

It's not a relevant difference. Sugar and rice are the absolutely cheapest calories, and they're not so good for you. But a can of coconut milk is ~700 healthy and tasty calories for about a buck. Eggs are healthy and pennies a pop; you can even buy them already hard boiled. A can of sardines is a couple bucks. A can of sauerkraut is a buck and loaded with nutrition.

You have to be a moron to fail to put together a decent day's worth of food at a grocery store given $8. If you're willing to eat high starch you can eat for a couple bucks a day.

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> Sugar and rice are the absolutely cheapest calories

You can bulk bags of rice as needed to supplement smaller amounts of healthier foods if you need to save money. (Stay away from the sugar) A diet of rice, beans, and vegetables may be boring but with little research you can live on it just fine.