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      1,
      2009
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CAMPUS
     
    
   
   
    
     
      PANTHER
      POST
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Healthy
      food
      can
      be
      expensive,
      but
      don’t
      have
      to
      be:
      dietitian
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Cassandra
      Bernard
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Healthy
      food
      can
      be
      expen-
     
     
      sive,
      but
      it
      depends
      on
      the
     
     
      choices
      made,
      a_
      dietitian
     
     
      with
      Lifewise
      Weight
      Man-
     
     
      agement
      and
      Wellness
      says.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Charlottetown
      small
     
     
      business
      offers
      a
      variety
      of
     
     
      services
      that
      include
      nutri-
     
     
      tional
      and
      exercise
      consul-
     
     
      tants,
     
    

    
     
      They
      also
      do
      hair
      mineral/
     
     
      toxin
      analysis.
      There
      is
      a
      de-
     
     
      tox
      program
      and
      full
      service
     
     
      weight
      loss
      programs.
     
    

    
     
      Owner
      Alison
      Shields
      said
     
     
      people
      generally
      use
      the
     
     
      price
      of
      healthy
      foods
      as
      an
     
     
      excuse
      to
      buy
      junk.
     
    

    
     
      “They
      don’t
      want
      to
      give
      up
     
     
      their
      comfort
      foods,
      which
      is
     
     
      usually
      junk.”
     
    

    
     
      A
      lot
      of
      junk
      is
      addictive,
     
     
      including
      salt
      and
      sugar.
     
     
      People
      can’t
      break
      the
      bad
     
     
      habit
      of
      eating
      them,
      so
      ex-
     
     
      pense
      is
      their
      first
      excuse,
     
     
      she
      said.
     
    

    
     
      “Ignorance
      or
      lack
      of
     
     
      knowledge
      would
      be
      the
      sec-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ond
      main
      reason.”
     
    

    
     
      Many
      are
      not
      educated
      as
      to
     
     
      what
      is
      healthy,
      she
      added.
     
    

    
     
      “They
      just
      think
      that
      healthy
     
     
      is
      more
      costly,
      they
      don’t
      re-
     
     
      ally
      know.”
     
    

    
     
      One
      way
      for
      people
      to
      man-
     
     
      age
      their
      money
      in
      order
      to
     
     
      eat
      healthy
      is
      simple,
      ae
     
     
      elaborated.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      money
      they
      save
      on
     
     
      not
      buying
      junk
      food,
      which
     
     
      is
      actually
      more
      expensive,
     
     
      will
      go
      on
      healthier
      foods.”
     
    

    
     
      More
      planning
      and
      cooking
     
     
      is
      required,
      so
      actually
      being
     
     
      organized
      is
      the
      key
      to
      eat-
     
     
      ing
      healthy
      economically,
     
     
      she
      said.
     
    

    
     
      Eating
      healthy
      does
      require
     
     
      more
      preparation
      in
      general,
     
     
      Shields
      said.
      Healthy
      food
     
     
      is
      non-processed,
      not
      pre-
     
     
      packaged.
     
    

    
     
      “Eating
      healthy
      involves
     
     
      buying
      raw
      foods
      and
      put-
     
     
      ting
      them
      together.”
     
    

    
     
      Frozen
      produce,
      frozen
      fish,
     
     
      frozen
      fruit,
      and
      bags
      of
      rice
     
     
      are
      not
      expensive.
      They
      do
     
     
      not
      spoil
      and
      are
      all
      healthy
     
     
      choices.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      las
      Hl
     
     
      eae
      aba!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Re
      ae
      a
     
     
      ama
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Eating
      healthy
      without
      it
     
     
      costing
      more
      simply
      requires
     
     
      planning
      and
      organization,
     
     
      she
      said.
     
    

    
     
      During
      the
      current
      down-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      turn
      in
      the
      economy,
      Shields
     
     
      said
      people
      will
      eat
      less
      in
     
     
      restaurants.
     
    

    
     
      “But
      for
      those
      who
      don’t
     
    
   
   
    
     
      know
      how
      to
      eat
      healthy,
     
    
   
   
    
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
     
      there
      will
      be
      no
      change
      other
     
     
      than
      that.”
     
    

    
     
      Cassandra
      Bernard
      is
      a
     
     
      journalism
      student
      at
     
     
      Holland
      College
     
    
   
   
    
     
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