A short while back, I posted Does it cost more to be healthy that briefly focused on the diet industry and what we spend in search of "perfect diet".  Recently, I have been reading a lot of blog posts that were spurred by TIME magazines article - Getting Real about the High Cost of Cheap Food.  One portion that stood out for me was this, straight from the article  A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutritionfound that a dollar could buy 1,200 calories of potato chips or 875 calories of soda but just 250 calories of vegetables or 170 calories of fresh fruit. With the backing of the government, farmers are producing more calories — some 500 more per … [Read more...]

What does money have to do with getting healthy? More than I care to admit.  Each year, 46 to 50 billion dollars are spent in the diet industry.  The unfortunate statistic to that is that two-thirds of the "dieters" gain it back within a year and 97% gain in back within 5 years.  (Info taken from Forbes)Here are some break downs from a Forbes research articleThe cost of dieting for a weekDietWeekly menu cost ($)*Percent over national averageJenny Craig137.65152.8 NutriSystem113.52108.5 Atkins Diet100.5284.6 Weight Watchers96.6477.5 Zone Diet92.8470.5 Ornish Diet78.7444.6 South Beach Diet78.6144.4 Slim-Fast77.7342.8 Sugar Busters69.6227.9 Subway … [Read more...]