Low Carb Food Stamp Diet a Success
By Monica @ 12:44 PM   
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LOW-CARB FOOD STAMP DIET A SUCCESS
Week's Diet Proves Good Nutrition Possible on Low Budget
Ari Armstrong ate nutritious food February 4-10 for less than food
stamps provide. For the week, he ate only meat, dairy, eggs, olive
oil, vegetables, fruit, walnuts, chocolate, tea, and spices. He did
not eat any grains, vegetable oils, hydrogenated fat, potatoes, or
processed sugar.
For compete details about the diet, including receipts and
photographs of select meals, see http://tinyurl.com/a9l7z3.
Armstrong spent $33.07 for the week, or $4.72 per day. (He added 78
cents of bananas to preliminary figures.) However, he had around
$5.30 worth of food left at the end of the week, bringing the daily
total to around $4. Food stamps provide $5.68 per day to a single
individual -- see http://www.fns.usda.gov/FSP/faqs.htm.
Armstrong said, "With this diet, I wanted to prove again that eating
well on a low budget is possible. I also wanted to protest increases
in the food-stamp budget. People should not be forced to fund the
unhealthy food-stamp program. Instead, I favor voluntarily funded
food banks, which are better able to offer nutritious food to those
in need."
Ari and his wife Jennifer spend a month in 2007 eating a higher-carb
-- but still nutritious -- diet for $2.57 per day each.Labels: Conventional Wisdom, Food Stamp Program, Individual Rights
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