How to eat inexpensively and healthy

TOP 10 tips for healthy inexpensive nutrition:

1. Buy only seasonal vegetables and fruits.

It is best to buy them from farmers or local markets. It is much easier to buy a natural apple that a worm would happily eat at the market than in a well-known retail chain.

Seasonal fruits and vegetables are much cheaper than those that can be bought, for example, in winter. Plus, winter vegetables are usually stuffed with chemicals, so such food will not bring any benefit to the body.

Seasonal fruits will help improve the body. Most people know and understand that watermelons bought at the beginning of summer contain only pesticides, as well as pears bought in late winter. A small amount of vitamins is not worth the money you will pay for tasteless, watery fruits. It is much healthier to eat strawberries in the summer, watermelons and apples in the fall, and tangerines in the winter. Buy vitamin complexes on a natural basis for early spring.

2. In winter and early spring, buy frozen fruits and vegetables.

It is no secret that freezing anything is the best option for preserving food, since it makes it possible to almost completely preserve vitamins and other nutrients. What can we say if cryonics allows you to preserve even human biomaterial with subsequent restoration of its functions!

The benefits of freezing are undeniable! Moreover, it is very easy to prepare dishes from frozen vegetables or fruits. You can make soups, stew, fry, cook compotes and fruit drinks from them - there are a lot of options. Of course, there is one drawback: frozen foods should not be re-frozen after thawing. And who knows how they are stored in supermarkets... Therefore, it is best to freeze seasonal products yourself.

3. If you have an insulated balcony, arrange your own mini-garden on it.

Spend a little time and effort on your new hobby, and then you will be able to eat fresh herbs all year round without chemicals. You can plant dill, parsley, lettuce, celery, cabbage (cauliflower, broccoli), onions. Some skilled housewives manage to grow even such vegetables as peppers, cherry tomatoes, zucchini, dwarf eggplants at home.

4. Cereal dishes should form the basis of your diet.

Here we are talking about clean cereals boiled in water. They are the ones that help get rid of excess weight and improve digestion in chronic colitis. Porridges will bring great benefits, no less than vegetables and fruits, since cereals are an excellent source of vitamins B1, B6, PP, as well as magnesium, potassium and phosphorus.

If you do not have the time or desire to stand at the stove for a long time and cook porridge, you can buy instant cereals, but their nutritional value will decrease.

Cereals are easy to prepare, this is a good example of how to eat inexpensively, and if you consider that in addition to rice and buckwheat there is also millet, wheat, oatmeal, semolina, pearl barley, it becomes clear that such nutrition is diverse in its own way.

Note: for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, you need not only a consultation with a gastroenterologist, but also a full-fledged treatment, which consists of a gentle diet based on cereals and broths.

5. Stock up on nuts and dried fruits.

Dried fruits are great for compotes, and they can also be added to porridge. Replace high-calorie sweets with dried fruits. Prunes, dried apples and dried apricots can be used for uzvar, and candied fruits will be a great snack and can easily replace a chocolate bar. And there are countless benefits from nuts! They are a storehouse of vitamins and minerals, as well as amino acids. Walnuts, for example, perfectly support brain function.

You still shouldn't rely on such tasty and healthy products - 50-100 grams of nuts, candied fruits and dried fruits are enough to fill the body with energy and not harm your figure.

6. Don't forget about fermented milk products.

Homemade cottage cheese, cream, sour cream, yogurt are essential components of a complete diet. Dairy products contain beneficial lactobacilli, so they are well absorbed by the body, suppress the processes of intoxication of the body, and are good for bones due to their high calcium content.

7. Eat meat, it is an excellent source of essential amino acids.

However, do not get carried away with fatty and fried meat, give preference to boiled and baked chicken or turkey. This meat is considered dietary, and turkey also contains a lot of iron and calcium, vitamins A and E.

In addition, there are cheaper than chicken or turkey breast, but no less useful parts of the carcass, the so-called offal: beef and pork kidneys, heart, liver, tongue, brains. They make delicious soups, salads, main courses, pates, jellied meat.

8. Eat fish and seafood at least twice a week.

It is clear that black caviar, red fish, oysters and crab meat are not affordable for everyone. To replenish the reserves of Omega-3 fatty acids, it is enough to eat herring, mackerel, cod, pike, which are available to everyone. Do not forget about seaweed, rich in iodine. The only thing is, if possible, it is advisable to make an appointment with an endocrinologist so that he or she can give the go-ahead to use this product.

9. Prepare a variety of foods.
Even from cheap products you can prepare delicious dishes, especially by adding different spices.

Instead of mayonnaise and ketchup, season dishes with yogurt, sour cream, sunflower or olive oil, soy sauce, lemon juice, and various spices: they will help improve the taste of dishes and will not harm your health.

10. Give up fast food forever!gastroenterologists around the world are actively fighting hamburgers, hot dogs, and other fast food. Don't skimp on your health!

This is how easy and inexpensive it is to diversify your diet with benefits for your body.

Eat wisely and exercise – your body will be grateful!