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Diet Choices for Your Best Health
COST IS IMMATERIAL FOR HEALTHY FOOD – (03-06-06)
James Bogash
The Availability and Cost of Healthier Food Alternatives
This is an interesting study to identify the difference in cost between a healthier shopping trip and the “standard American diet” shopping trip. While the health trip was more expensive by $18 per week (really not that bad…), they did not take into account the proliferation of healthier food markets like Trader Joes’, Sunflower, Henry’s and Sprouts which have healthier food items at even more comparable costs to the larger, chain supermarkets.
