How to Eat Healthy to Enjoy Your Wealth

This is installment 3 of 7 Steps to Accumulate Wealth. To accumulate wealth, one must be alive for a long period of time. Aside from genetic predisposition most of our current diseases such as heart disease from elevated cholesterol and triglycerides; dysfunction from high blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetes (high blood sugar) can be avoided by our lifestyle choices, especially nutrition.

Eating healthy without spending a ton of money can be difficult though. The price of organic foods such as fresh vegetables and fruits; and antibiotic and steroid-free poultry and beef are very expensive. So let's find some money to invest in the ''good stuff''.

Buying a better grade of food is akin to purchasing super premium gasoline for our cars. Yes, it is more expensive but we know our cars will run better. It's the same for us. Why should we fill ourselves with lousy fuel such as fast food, high sugared drinks, (i.e. soda, coffee drinks) when we know our bodies will work better on a higher grade of food such as fruits, vegetables, low-fat chicken, organic beef?

Unfortunately, there are rarely coupons for healthy food. Ever notice the coupons are all for box or canned items? These items are loaded with bad ingredients from partially hydrogenated oils to significant sodium content.

So, where can we find money to eat healthy? One of the best ways to decrease your grocery bill is to make healthy snacks (Example is your own trail mix of almonds, grain cereal, raisins, and dark chocolate chips) at home and take these snacks to work or school. It is much cheaper to take/pack your lunch everyday versus buying lunch. Once awhile is okay because you do not want to be antisocial. But just think about the savings by packing your lunch. If you go out to eat 3 times a week and each time costs you at least 6 dollars, that is $6.00 x 3 = $18.00/week. Let's take $18.00 x 50 weeks (vacation, sick days, holidays) = $900.00/year. That's $75.00 per month you will be able to use towards buying a healthier line of food.

If you have a family, changing the way the significant other eats and/or the children can be a daunting task. Just make changes a little at a time. You might get some negative remarks from the peanut gallery but just keep making the changes. Also, the younger you start the kids on the path to eating healthy; it will be a lot easier.

Small changes over time can lead to a healthier, wealthier and happier life in the long run.

Dr. Michael Kaye www.frompaintopersonalgain.com

Dr. Michael J. Kaye has been a practicing Chiropractor over the last 18 years. He holds a post-graduate degree in Rehabilitation. His practice focuses on treatment for the chronic and post-surgical patient. He has published articles on post-surgical knee rehabilitation; and chronic myofascial pain syndrome. He has developed a web site www.frompaintopersonalgain.com devoted to health, wealth and happiness. His coaching site is www.coachinggps.com Contact the author,

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