Eating Healthy on a Budget

Kelly Velotta has two main ingredients for healthy eating on a tight budget: shop wisely and learn to cook.

The backbone to eating healthy is to cook it yourself, and your meals will be much cheaper when you do cook it yourself, Velotta said.

Most people underestimate how often they eat out and how much it costs, said Velotta, nutrition manager for LIVE FOR LIFE, Dukes employee wellness program. They fail to realize that lunchtime trips to the cafeteria or deli counter and late afternoon stops for a fast food dinner add up -- both in cost and calories.

Velotta offered the following tips for preparing cheap, wholesome food.

For more healthy tips, visit
http://www.hr.duke.edu/eohs/livelife/index.html

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All you need to do is eat RAW fruits and veggies and your life will tremendously improve. Get off the crappy processed boxed and canned garbage! DETOX your body and feel better!