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PROVEN WAYS TOSPEND WAY LESS MONEY ON A PALEO DIET

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I've made it my goal in life to help millions of people optimize their lifestyle and their diet so that they can look and feel better and really enjoy life as much as possible.

would end up eating pizza or burgers as often as anything else, because they were really cheap. Eating healthy seemed like it was just too expensive.

When I decided to go Paleo, I had a bit

Perhaps you're on this journey more of an income, but even so, I couldn't

yourself. But have you ever felt like the always bring myself to buy foods that I

better you try to eat,the more expensive viewed as too expensive. Fortunately, I

it becomes? Like the world is conspiring never gave up, and after being Paleo for

against you just a little bit to make it about 9 years now, I realize that it's a myth

harder and pricier to eat well?

that you need to be rich to be Paleo.

I have had that experience for much of Everyone will tell you that Paleo is too my life. I grew up with just my mom, expensive, but those people have never and although she always provided really taken the time to figure out just everything we really needed, we never how affordable Paleo can be. had much money.

I've founded two magazines as well as And when I got to college and then a popular Paleo website (Paleo Flourish graduate school, it was the same story. I Magazine) that help thousands of people was always trying to lose weight, but I every month to get healthier, lose weight,

and actually save money in the process, because I know that it's not only possible, but necessary.

If you are in the position of spending too much money on eating a healthy Paleo diet, then there's good news and notquite-as-good news. First of all, you can eat amazingly well and spend very little money doing so. But...you have to be diligent. Nobody is trying to help you save money - certainly not supermarkets or food manufacturers - so you've got to look out for yourself.

If you're willing to do that, then here are 31 Proven Ways to Spend Way Less Money on a Paleo Diet...

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31 PROVENWAYSTO SPEND WAY LESS MONEY ON A PALEO DIET Not all of these tips will be applicable to everyone. I hope you find most of them useful, though.

1.Don't Buy Organic. It's better if your food isn't covered in pesticides. Nobody disagrees about that. But honestly, it's way more important just to eat the right foods (veggies, meats, seafood, fruits, etc.) than it is to eat organic. So if you have to choose between buying meats, fruits, and veggies that are organic or else eating junk (grains, processed sugar, etc.), choose the third option: non-organic meats, fruits, and veggies.

2.Or Maybe...Buy Some Organic. If you can afford to buy some foods organic, but not all, then here is a handy list of which foods are most likely to be contaminated (and hence the ones that you should buy organic): List of Foods to Buy Organic ifYou Can

3.Don't Buy Grass-Fed. Personally, this is something that I can afford and that I budget for. And like organic, I don't know anybody who thinks that grass-fed beef and lamb isn't better than conventional beef and lamb. But again, the differences are actually quite small overall between grass-fed and conventional meats. It makes a difference (in terms of fats and micronutrients), but not nearly as much of a difference as making sure that you stick to eating meats and veggies rather than grains, legumes, and other junk.

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4.Don't Buy Wild-Caught. I think you can see the theme here? I'm beating a dead horse because most people who tell me that Paleo is expensive talk about organic veggies, grass-fed beef, and wild-caught salmon. My response is always this:Yes, these things are better and Yes, they're more expensive. Buy them if you can afford them, but if not, just buy the farmed fish, feedlot cattle, and conventional veggies. You'll be getting 98% of the benefits of eating a Paleo diet, and you can worry about that 2% later.

5.Buy Frozen. Especially when it comes to vegetables and certain fish, we like to buy it frozen. This saves you money in 2 ways. First, the frozen varieties are often cheaper, and secondly, you waste less, since frozen foods don't go bad very quickly. Plus, unless you're shopping straight from the farm or sea, most frozen veggies and fish are actually healthier and more nutrient-dense.

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6 Buy from the Farm. If you live within driving distance of a farm (and most people in the US actually do), then figure out how to buy from your local farms. Especially when it comes to meat, buying local, pastured meat is often cheaper directly from the farm. This is not always true, so price check first, of course.

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