There's actually been some really interesting research to show that, a basic healthy diet, things you can just even buy at Walmart, in terms of food is cheaper.

Than, a less healthy diet per calorie and per serving of food.

And, so I recommend that when people are at the grocery store, they look for a few, specific items within each kind of food group.

So I think when it comes to fruits and vegetables, that's one of the biggest complaints I hear from people in terms of cost.

So trying to buy frozen fruits and vegetables is very economical, as well as canned vegetables that have no sodium added or canned fruit that has no sugar added.

You can also focus on staple fruits and vegetables that are always available and always low cost things like potatoes, cabbages, carrots, apples, grapes, bananas those are all going to be, easy to find and affordable all year long in terms of protein proteins.

That's another thing, I think, where people feel like that's very expensive, especially if they're meat eaters.

But again, nowadays, even with the price of eggs, as you say, that is a bit of a concern.

But in terms of proteins, people can, I think, still, look for dairy products like cottage cheese and yogurt.

Those are generally, unchanged in terms of of pricing.

You also can look for canned versions of things like salmon, tuna, chicken, ground turkey and chicken are very affordable sources of protein, as well as dry beans or canned beans of any kind.

And then finally, in the healthy fat category, nuts are usually touted as being very heart healthy.

But peanuts are the most inexpensive I find and can be just as healthy as more expensive almonds.

So people should feel free to use peanuts for that.

And also things like peanut butter as well.

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