You can afford to be healthy!

Eating and being healthy is expensive. Well, that is what most people believe. Your lifestyle affects everything, including your health, moods, relationships, lifestyle and finances. Making smart choices when it comes to your health is important.

Here’s how being unhealthy can cost you more:

• A bad diet can affect your health negatively, raising your healthcare bills.
• You end up buying less food by eating healthy meals. Processed and sugar-laden foods and drinks can cause you to eat more because they do not nourish your body. When you eat healthy, nourishing foods you eat less as you feel more satisfied after meals.
• Although marked higher in price, many so-called diet foods usually contain artificial sweeteners, which activates your appetite, making you eat more calories.
• Eating unhealthy foods can cause obesity. Carrying extra weight can lead to health, security and relationship issues as well as result in you not achieving your full potential in various aspects of life. Being healthy enables you to have more energy throughout the day for daily tasks and your job; therefore, you can live up to your full potential.

Here’s how you can make healthy living more affordable:

• Shop for fruits and vegetables that are in season. In season fruits and vegetables are fresher, more nutritious and cheaper than out of season fruits and vegetables.
• Make sure you choose your food wisely. Healthy food is not necessarily good for you and it’s not more expensive than unhealthy food. For example, a bag of apples is more or less the same price as a big packet of chips.
• Drink lots of water. Staying hydrated is important for a healthy lifestyle.
• Cut out junk food. This will save you money as well as make you feel better.

• Remember, you don’t have to go to an expensive gym to exercise. There are alternatives, for example, you can take up running, download or stream free home workout videos, download a free workout app on your smartphone or do fun outdoor activities, such as gardening or walking your dogs.

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