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Here's a question: I'm in college, moved out of my house a year ago, and I'm buying my own food obviously. I want to buy food that is cheap AND nutritious. Ramen is not nutritious, but I buy it anyway, so you can skip that. What are some other foods that are cheap and I can buy in bulk with decent/good nutritional value? Fruits, grains, anything in a can, whatever you know of is perfect.
>> Anonymous
lettuce, apples, oranges, tuna, bread, frozen peas and carrots, eggs, rice
>> Anonymous
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FUCKING OATMEAL
>> Anonymous
>>151751
Instead of lettuce, spend your money on something better. It's basically just water. Spinach or kale would be a much better substitute.

The rice and bread should be whole wheat.
>> Anonymous
Farmers' markets are common in college towns. They usually have a good selection and aren't expensive. It's locally-grown produce, so that means it's fresh. For a special occasion, you might want to pick up some locally-produced meats and have a BBQ. Once you go grass-fed, it's hard to go back.
>> Anonymous
>>151832

All leafy greens contain roughly the same amount of water.

And since when is rice made of wheat?
>> Anonymous
Bananas are always good, and take multivitamins. One semi expensive bottle will give you a year's worth of tablets.
>> sage­­­­
>>151887
lol'd. He probably meant brown rice
>> Anonymous
I just buy frozen veggies. You can get a buttload of broccoli and green beans (FIBER!) for less than 5 bucks.

Frozen chicken breasts are a bit more expensive -- almost 7 bucks for about 55 ounces, of which I eat about 4oz per meal for 2-3 meals per day.

FUCKING OATMEAL is good, too, and you can go for whole wheat pasta if you can afford it. White pasta won't end you, though. They're just empty carbs instead of slightly nutritious carbs.
>> jda !!FG/LElcYf8D
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>> Anonymous
Kinesiologist here...

I'll give you a website you can use to find the most nutritious mixes of foods possible.

www.nutritiondata.com

Now the site might take some time to learn, but I can promise you ... if you learn how to use it, you can find the complete health information on absolutely any food in existence on planet Earth.

Not only that, the site has an added feature which allows you to look at the nutritional content of mixed foods to see how they add up. You can mix and match your own foods together and see if they "cover all bases" in your nutritional content.

Again it takes some time to fumble around with but once you get the swing of it you'll be glad you did.
>> Anonymous
>>152571
Me again... decided to do this, then I'll be going off to bed.

The guy above says:

>>You can get a buttload of broccoli and green beans (FIBER!) for less than 5 bucks.

Alright, lets look...

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2356/2

Very nutritionally dense!

Now lets look at green beans.

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2341/2

Again, very nutrient packed!

Now I'll let you figure out how to use the pantry-options and see what those 2 foods would look like if you combined them in 1 meal. Once you find that out, get creative! Add butter and see what happens. It might not be as bad as you think (hint hint).

I'm off to bed now. Check us out at
http://www.themedicalhelp.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21 if you found any of this helpful. See ya!
>> Anonymous
>>151749

spinach leaves, granny smith apples, oatmeal (seriously, down this shit... it's easy to make, is good for you and it's very fucking cheap), tuna (in a can), broccoli (at least where I live it's extremely cheap), sweet potatoes (possibly one of the best vegetables out there), strawberries, Perrier (yes the drink, it will help you get rid of a coke problem if you do, plus helps with upset stomach when you have one, and it's just plain water)(also, when they're in season, they're only $1 a bottle @ H-E-B), rice (make sure it's brown rice), sunflower seeds (I can't get over how inexpensive these things are and how much they fill you up/ are good for you), in fact you should eat any kind of nut you can, substitute all white grains for corn based or whole wheat, flax seeds are inexpensive, and there is so much fucking more.

all in all, you have the idea of what is good for you and what is not, just use your good judgment and buy the least expensive stuff that you think is most nutritious
>> ­
go to a farmers market and buy whole foods.

Learn how to cook.

Save money and eat healthy.
>> Anonymous
Thanks for everything, will do. Another question.

I take a multivitamin to cover my bases, and I was wondering, is it worth it to buy a jar of whey protein or anything similar to get protein? If I can cover complete daily protein out of powder, then all I have to worry about is vitamins/minerals, fruit and whole foods. Is any protein powder going to be a good source for most of my protein, will it have any negative effects, and is it cost effective if I buy a huge can? I don't know how long they last, or how much they cost, I'll check tomorrow.

tl;dr: Should I add a protein powder?
>> Anonymous
Unless you do a fair bit of weight training, protein powder isn't really needed since you should get enough from a normal diet.
>> Anonymous
>>153281
http://www.themedicalhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=321