Welcome to this weeks edition of Baby Boomer Finance – $1 a day for food

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This is your host, Denise Boomer and Dr. Bee Boomer, welcoming you to this weeks edition of the Baby Boomer Finance on PodcastForBoomers.com.

This week we are talking about $1 a day for food.

Can you live on a dollar a day for food for two people? The answer is yes believe it or not. But what are you eating? Is it nutritious and healthy?

A couple in Encinitas, California tried it for a month. Their diet changed over night. They had to give up many store-bought foods and dinners out. Even bread and canned refried beans were too expensive. Instead they bought raw beans, rice, cornmeal, and oatmeal in bulk. They made their own bread and tortillas. Fresh fruit and vegetables were not an option.

Breakfast consisted of oatmeal, lunch peanut butter and jelly sandwich and dinner often consisted of beans, rice and homemade tortillas. Homemade pancakes was affordable but not syrup. One of the biggest changes was the amount of time spent preparing meals. And lack of energy was a side effect of the diet.

A recent study of 370 foods sold in supermarkets in Seattle showed that junk foods – high in calories and low in nutrients – were far less expensive and dropped in price by 1.8%. During the same period nutrient-rich and low in calorie food like fruit and vegetables went up in price 19.5%. The old food pyramid is being replaced by the budget pyramid.

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