Tag Archives: health

FOOD INC

If you haven’t seen the film “Food Inc” yet, I suggest you go and see it.  It will outline the true cost of the foods you buy and consume on a daily basis.  It has been said by the author of book entitled “The Value of Nothing” that a fast food burger actually costs $200 [...]

Is Fast Food More Affordable Than Healthy Food?

McDonald’s, Arby’s, Jack in The Box and other fast food joints have some good deals.  $1.35 for a burger here, $6 for any four items on the menu there, super size your order for just 19 cents more…  Definitely way easier on your wallet than eating a $12-15 salad at a sit down restaurant.  Or [...]

Spoiled Food, Wasted Money

Do you find that you regularly find spoiled food in your fridge and have to throw it out?  Spoiled leftovers, rotten veggies, mouldy cheese?  It’s either your fridge isn’t doing its job or you’re buying too much food.  Either way, that’s money down the drain. If you determine your fridge is fine, you’re gonna have [...]

The Price of Being TOO Cheap

I know this blog is all for saving money, but sometimes one can be too cheap.  And when one is too cheap, she, or her boyfriend, often pays a high price for being so later on as the story below illustrates…
True story, I almost killed my boyfriend once.
This happened when I was around eight months [...]

Take a Walk

Shorts season is here, my thighs are still pale and fluffy, and my body is still holding on to some of the turkey fat from last year’s Thanksgiving.  I’m not willing to go on a diet (Haven’t been on a real one since High School) and not really willing to cut down even a little [...]

YOUR HEALTH AND MONEY

Here is one example of what we consider to be an alternative investment, and the best one we could think of at that: Your health.
Some of us are well aware that taking care of one’s health can equate to big bucks. A Hollywood actor might watch what he eats to look good on screen, an [...]