Buying Food
February 10, 2009
Please check out this article from CTV.
There is going to be a lot of publicity surrounding ‘healthy’ foods as Heart and Stroke week approaches. According to CTV, Canadians are paying between double and nearly six times the average price for healthy foods, depending on where they live.
The report finds price discrepancies across Canada and within provinces. It also found many Canadians have difficulty accessing healthy foods at their local grocery store.
One of the most startling differences is the prices of apples: six apples cost $0.90 in Peterborough, Ont., but $7.64 in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Obviously, eating a healthy, well-balanced diet decreases your chances of heart and stroke dramatically–but, for some Canadians, healthy eating truly is not an option.
Entry Filed under: 12 Grain Program, Diet Rehab, Food, Grain of the Week, Groceries, Health, Local, Toronto. Tags: Canada, Canadians, CTV, heart and stroke, Nunavut, Peterborough, price of apples, price of food.
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Meghan Telpner | February 10, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Healthy food is not expensive. Government subsidized food made with GMO corn and soy is just really cheap. I also wonder how much of what we pay for our packaged ‘healthy’ food goes towards the company that pays to have that little ‘heart healthy’ check mark on the packaging. That’s right. They pay for that. A great book to learn about why food costs what it does and what really is healthy is Food Politics by Marion Nestle.
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Breanna | February 10, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Per week, I spend what some people think to be an obscene amount on food. I think of it as a good investment, as it’s an investment in my health and body. The only thing that is frustrating for me, is that I live alone and so its so often that my fresh veggies go bad so quickly before I have time to eat them all. I feel like I am throwing away money (that Ziplock bag commercial helps remind me of this daily).
I was reading my Women’s Health magazine last night, and there was a section that had some good tips about when to buy organic if you can’t afford to always do so. For all fruit and veg with thin skins (as we know peeling them removes most of the nutrients), the pesticides can soak through the skin, so it is especially important to buy organic.
Additionally, any meat/poultry product as the hormones are scary (is it just me, or do 11 year old girls keep getting bigger and bigger boobs??).
I read a similar study to this one, but as opposed to food, it was “women products”. Anything pink, purple or a womanized version cost typically 1-5 dollars more then for a man.
A little sidenote: I did the Heart and Stroke Spin for Heart last weekend and raised 1000 bucks for doing 3 hours straight of intense spinning. Yay for heart month.
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Ming | February 10, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Ummm, have I not told you yet to never trust CTV and anyone who works for them??
;o)