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groceries and medicine

May 22nd, 2006 at 03:30 am

Today I realized that I paid nearly the same amount for 1 prescription as I did for 2 weeks of groceries.

One of the medications I'm on has a $40.00 copay because they consider it "unnecessary". There are no generics for it and the other 'comparable' medications do not have the same helpful effect.

So for a similar amount, $45.00, on groceries, I got veggies, meats, snacks, drinks, and tons of fruit for 2 weeks. I'm going on a strict diet for health reasons & I'm trying to keep the costs down.

Staying healthy seems to cost a lot.

3 Responses to “groceries and medicine”

  1. contrary1 Says:
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    But, getting really sick.............costs tons!! Stick with healthy.

  2. boomeyers Says:
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    I hear that a lot. Eating healthy costs a lot. Does anyone know of any comparisons to base this on? I like getting my fruits and veggies at Aldi's, so much cheaper. But the healthier breads, low fat cheeses and milk, why does "healthy", "low fat", "low cal", etc mean higher prices?

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
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    I think it depends on what you define as "healthy." To me, healthy means as natural as possible, not a manufactured food product or a frankenfood, not a meat that has been injected with "a solution to enchance tenderness and flavor (i.e. MSG and its act-alikes)" but something that changes minimally from the origin of the item. Fresh lean meats, lots and lots of vegetables, fresh herbs or homegrown and dried herbs, some in season fruits, nuts, seeds, and a few unprocessed grains, like steel cut oats, bulgur, barley and rye. A bit of organic dairy (milk, mozzarella cheese, yogurt), Omega-3 eggs, olive and nut oils, and not much else.

    I don't always choose to eat healthy (note my McD/DQ run today), but I definitely know what I think it is. And I have found it is actually cheaper to eat this way, you just have to be vigilant to catch the sales. I can get 20 pounds of potatoes for $4 or a 5 pound bag of French fries for $5 or an extra large bag of potato chips for $5. The potatoes are healthier and will last longer. The further a food is manufactured, the less healthy and more expensive it is.

    One thing I won't touch is diet foods. They are either no fat because they have replaced it all with sugar, or no-carb because they have replaced it all with fat. And its all got nitrates and nitrites and sulfates and sulfites, and yuck.

    Okay, guess I'm kind of opinionated on this one.

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