Easy ways to shop for healthy, cost-conscious foods

Hitting start (or reset) on eating healthy.

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Three months into the year is a good time to recalculate if you’ve been slacking on your resolution to eat healthy. And if you’ll be leaving home base or school soon and foraging for yourself (plus or minus roommates), it’s a great time to learn about healthy, low-cost choices for your grocery list.

The basics: A weekly shop

A healthy diet is rich in vegetables, fruits, legumes (beans or lentils), whole grains, nuts, seeds, lean protein, and low-fat dairy products. Trying to fill your cart with all of those goodies can feel overwhelming.

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Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s favorite yet healthy food recipe; Here’s how you can cook it at home

Actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is not only known for her acting skills, but also for her sartorial choices. The actress often makes headlines for putting her stylish foot forward. However, this time she is here for her diet. Samantha follows a plant-based diet and she derives all macro and micronutrients in daily life from plant foods. The Yashoda actress is passionate about fitness and sticks to a holistic lifestyle. Recently, we got our hands on Samantha’s favorite Thakkali Sadam. It’s not your usual recipe, the actress prepares it with a healthy twist. So, if you’re looking for a healthy meal

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Weight loss: 5 healthier alternatives to your favorite staple foods

Are you tired of feeling guilty after indulging in your favorite foods? Well, we have good news for you! Let us tell you some healthier alternatives to some of the most popular Indian staple foods. So, you can satisfy your cravings without compromising your health. Get ready to upgrade your diet and say goodbye to guilt! While traditional Indian foods are rich in flavor and nutrients, some of them are high in calories, saturated fats and sodium, which can lead to various health problems. In this article, we will discuss five staple foods that need to be replaced with healthier

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Habits to Build a Heathy Relationship with Food

Many people have a complicated relationship with food. Some might characterize how they feel as a love-hate issue: they love eating – when indulging in something sweet or eating fried foods – but feel anxious, guilty or even ashamed afterwards.

Because food can evoke so many different emotions, it’s important for people to understand their relationship with food. Here are some signs a person can improve this relationship:

  • Bingeeating
  • Constantly thinking about food and fixing on what the next meal will be
  • Experiencing guilt or stress before, during or after eating a meal
  • Hiding or sneaking foods

Build a healthy

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7 Money-Saving Tips for Eating Healthily on a Budget

I recently went to a restaurant in Denver where the Cobb salad was close to $20, while the burger and fries cost around $15. But Coloradans aren’t the only people feeling food sticker shock. The price difference between more or less nutritious foods is evident almost everywhere you go, and the current state of the economy is making it so more and more expensive to buy groceries in general, let alone to eat healthily.

Nutrition plays a significant role in your physical and mental health as it can lower your risk of heart disease, strengthen your immune system, build muscles

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6 Foods That Are Poised to Become the Next Superfoods, According to RDs

More superfoods to stock up on!



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Eating healthy can feel extra efficient when you’re packing in superfoods, that is, foods that have multiple nutritional benefits, such as high levels of vitamins, minerals, fiber, or antioxidants. And while superfoods aren’t clinically defined by an official body of superfood deciders, that can be a good thing—these are ingredients nutrition experts select thanks to their super powers of nutrition and health. They’re foods that fit easily in our diets and recipes, and can be consumed regularly. Foods like kale,

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Escondido trio open healthy food-and-lifestyle restaurant Fresh N Go

As a girl growing up in Escondido, Esvaidy Flores loved working with her mother, chopping up vegetables and prepping other ingredients for her mom’s catering business.

Years later, she’s working by her mother’s side once again, as well as her best friend, in a new casual healthy-foods restaurant they opened Jan. 14 in Escondido.

Fresh N Go cofounders Olga Saldivar, left, Alma Packer and Esvaidy Flores.

Fresh N Go cofounders Olga Saldivar, left, Alma Packer and Esvaidy Flores.

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Flores, her mom, Alma Packer, and her longtime close friend Olga Saldivar are partners in Fresh N Go, which serves healthy pick-your-protein grains and rice bowls, organic pressed juices

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It’s in the Genes: Healthier Animals Anchor a Highly Sustainable Food System

Elena Rice

Published 1 month ago. About a 4 minute read.

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As our population grows, we must keep innovating to provide ample, healthy food sources. The result? A more sustainable food system thanks to animals that are resilient to climate change and disease, and can produce healthy protein for our ever-growing planet.

As the world grows larger, the question remains: Can we feed it?

The future of the food system at large, and the livestock industry in particular, depends on two critical areas: addressing environmental impact and identifying areas

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