How to eat well whatever your budget

Allot of people who are a bit hard up at the moment tell me their diet is suffering because they can’t afford the good foods, this shouldn’t be a problem even when times are hard there is no reason you can’t get good sources of protein.  Below is a list of cheap good quality protein sources.

• Canned tuna – you can buy these in packs of 5 and they are really cheap
• Cottage cheese – buy a large tub very cheap
• Peanut butter – buy a tub probably around £2 have a tablespoon a day
• Eggs – one of the best sources of protein – Read about the healthiest way to cook your eggs
• Brown rice – one of the best sources of good carbs and protein, you can buy this in huge bags for very cheap

Read our “Sources of Vegetarian proteins” for more cheap food that is high in protein.

As you can see from above the items you need in your diet that I constantly mention in my articles in this blog are very cheap so not having much money doesn’t mean you don’t have to eat well.  The luxuries like steak, fish, chicken etc can be left till you have more money but you will certainly not suffer.  When I had little money as a student I lived of brown rice and tuna and that was when I was in the best shape of my life.