Save money and eat healthy

CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal) - You can still enjoy all the foods, snacks, and drinks you love, but also get huge savings on your grocery bills! This diet advice is so easy to follow that you only need to shop at one store! Greg Ladas, author of The Discount Diet, will help you save money for more healthful and tasty comfort foods, snacks, and drinks.

The book provides all the recommendations that you need to get started. In fact, at the end of the book, there's a great value Walmart edition and there's an Aldi edition and comes with a shopping list that you can rip out of the book and take to the market. So it's very, very simple.

There are 3 core principles that people should follow:

• Add more fiber and protein
• Reduce saturated fat/cholesterol
• Reduce sugar consumption

First of all, always eat breakfast. It's better to consume more calories early in the day than later at night. Energize your day with a good breakfast. I recommend starting out with a bottle of water and multivitamin.

Avoids the temptation of high calorie items like doughnuts and pastry. What you add to coffee is what makes you fat. Always put light cream or light milk in your coffee and sugar alternative like this great-tasting no calorie sweetener from Walmart. I love to start the day with brand cereal because it adds fiber to my diet. It's one of those core principles.

Instead of adding a dairy product, I'll add vanilla soy milk, which hits all the three core principles: it’s sweet, it has no cholesterol and it adds fiber, which dairy doesn't do.

If you are on the go, grab a 90-calorie cereal bar and avoid the temptation to go for like a 300-calorie doughnut.

Eating smaller meals throughout the day boosts your metabolism. have a snack at like 10:00AM and another snack at 2:00PM. You're looking for things under 100 calories like a medium banana or an apple. For under $1, I can get afternoon bananas at Aldi market and that's like the cost of a small fry. So, you can definitely save money.
Aldi food markets, the Aldi edition of the book, shows you items like you can take their active pepperoni pizza made in a microwave in under one minute. Less time than standing in line for a $1 menu.

Make a turkey sandwich, under 100 calories per serving on a whole-grain wrap with zero calorie yellow mustard. If you are adding cheese, add a reduced fat cheese. The nice thing about fit and active, the fit facts are all on the front of the boxes. Very easy to read the labels.

Dinner has to be quick and easy to avoid the temptation for fast food. Easy man's salad, it is not any easier than opening up a prepared bag of lettuce and vegetables. It's 99 cents at Aldi for a bag and makes multiple servings. Add the light and active Italian dressing. If you are looking for a quick and easy item, the fit and active soup is easy to heat up in the microwave.

You have eaten throughout the day multiple times. Give yourself another little snack while you're in front of the TV watching your favorite show.

Ice cream sandwiches that are no sugar added, they are low in sugars and carbs. They are 97% fat free, 100 calories, regular size.

You're looking for the items that you like to eat that are lower in fat, lower in sugar, higher in fiber and protein. Working those into your diet and making sure that you are eating smaller meals, lots more snacks, too, boost that metabolism so you're not going home and loading up on calories.

For more information, visit the following website: TheDiscountDiet.com