Living on a Limited Budget

Angel Aguilar
In today’s economic era there are many families who are struggling to survive and seem to take to the easy way out when it comes to food. There are many ways you can survive on a limited budget and eat healthy. One is to plan your finances in advance, budget you’re spending on your lifestyle. Next, you can also look for deals in specialty stores, supermarkets or even farms. Last but not least is limit yourself to what you can have and cannot have when it comes to eating.
It is very easy to learn how to budget yourself especially when it comes to your health. Know what you can afford buy placing a set value on what can save in a week or month. One can you use that extra cash to buy healthy products. Cut back on spending such as entertainment. There are places in the city where you can go for entertainment and enjoy yourself for free. Go through town newspapers and see what are the local plays and shows. You don’t have to go the most extravagant shows for pleasure. Another way is to cut back on you when it comes to clothing. Shopping on the internet is start, for the last couple of years millions of peoples have saved a considerable amount of money shopping online.
Once you have started saving money from budgeting you can start shopping for healthy foods but wisely. There are many businesses that are trying to survive due to the country’s economic status. These are the perfect places to shop; they want to attract business by lowering their prices. Use coupons when food shopping one can save up to 10 to 30 percent off the total price. Don’t shop in one specific store use the newspapers to look for sales and compare prices. If one has to travel to multiple store do it, if it saves a couple of bucks. Once in the supermarket read the labels, try to get as much as you can for your dollar. One can also buys things in bulk, this can save time and money. During the spring and summer month’s local farmers usually sell their products at a lower rate than to their distributors. This is where you can bulk up on vegetables and fruits.
Finally, once you have purchased your food plan what you are going to eat. Occasionally mix up your meals during the week. Change is always good; vary your meals instead of meats exchange for high proteins meal like beans or potatoes. Instead of fish have fruits for dinner. Also you can change the time you eat. Your metabolism will suffer as a result of late-night snacking, so pick a cut-off eating time. That will give your digestive system time digest your food before you go to bed. You might want to add to this habit by going on a late-evening walk with your spouse or a friend. You'll burn off much of the calories you consumed during dinner. You will feel considerably much better.
Society can clearly enjoy eating healthier regardless of their income status. Learning to change your lifestyle can be easily done. The goals you set have to be realistic. One has to know what they can afford. Like anything else worthwhile in life; it takes a lot of planning and dedication from all individuals. In the long run everyone who chooses this type of lifestyle will live a little longer.

Thoughts "Food Inc."

Having know long ago before I saw the movie “Food Inc.” about the government control of the Food Industry I am more disgusted more now than ever before. The reality of things is that there is no way of telling the American people the truth about things especially when it comes to health. I did not fully realize until Thursday that the Food Industry as a whole is one big corrupted industry where the big corporation controls the way our country is governed. There are senators in our government that allow this to happen just to keep a seat in government. Covering up diseases to the consumer weeks after they have been discovered just to make millions of dollars. In fact we are serving as guinea pigs for the Food Industry is you look at it.The processing of food from the farm to the supermarket isle is quite disturbing. One does not realize how many times food has been touched before it is sealed and packed for the supermarkets.Or how many maybe people actually went to work sick that day and the spread of bacteria.This mass production of food using assembly line to keep up with the demand of a product just for $$$ its not healthy.Yet again we don’t see the wrong with that because both parties are cashing in …..at what expense?
We know for a fact the bio-engineering has gone a long way. The injection of steroids into animals just to reduce the time of growth is a cause for great concern. Don’t we consume the same things as animals if you look at it ? Should the food industry jeopardize the health of Americans just for a quick buck for “fast delivery vs. natural taste” What ever happen to nature taking its course? It was tough enough seeing chickens fall on their side because the could not hold their body weight. Overweight due to chemicals in their body. Is that healthy? Its also disturbing what they feed these animals. Cows were meant to graze not eat corn, but because corn is cheap and effective because it saves money.The food industry does not see the big picture. These Corporation are poisoning these animals. Making them obese at a quick rate.Fat equals product, product equals money.
What about the people working in these big assembly areas is it healthy for them to be exposed to the dead animals bodily fluid and wastes. Who cares for them? This why the employee turnover rate is high in this industry. I did not realize that the Immigration Department controls that amount of workers in these factories. Striking deals with Food Corporation knowing willingly that if there are not enough workers on that day that,production could drop to a point where they are not making any money. So employers give up a certain number of illegal workers to the government so the Immigration Department can keep up with the quota and the Corporation can survive financially.
We the people who consume these products must speak up to the government let them know that what they are doing is wrong and costly lives of millions of people.Everything is not money!!
To be honest I am looking more and more into becoming a Vegetarian.