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Eat Organic Food on a Budget – How to Save Money and Eat Healthy

By Sean Harbison

While people are becoming more health conscious, it seems that budgeting is an even bigger concern in today’s tight economy. If you need to save money, does that mean that you have to get rid of your healthy organic food? You can eat organic food, even if you are on a budget. There are several strategies that smart shoppers use to maintain a healthy diet during lean times.

Shop in Season

Just like all types of produce, certain organic foods are priced lower, depending on the season. Buy your organic produce in its prime production season to get the cheapest prices. Strawberries, for example, are being grown at their peak in late spring and early summer. Oranges are at their prime in the fall months. During summer, you should be purchasing things like cherries, peaches and nectarines. You won’t be able to enjoy all organic food at one time while eating on a budget, but you should be able to get a decent variety at any given time.

Use a Co-op

Many smart shoppers are familiar with the concept of co-operative ordering. A group pools their resources and orders from wholesalers at their best volume pricing. Many co-ops deal with staples, and many offer fresh produce as well. You can buy organic through a co-op. Co-operative ordering is a great budget strategy. If you are unaware of an available co-op in your area, do a quick search in your state. If nothing shows up, you may be able to organize your own with one of the many companies that ships organic food in quantity.

Grocery, Health Food and Ethnic Stores

Because of the increased interest in organic food, more stores than ever are beginning to carry items made without pesticides or growth hormones. There may be an organic line offered by your local grocery store. In addition, almost all health food stores offer organic items, including basic produce. Finally, don’t forget to check local ethnic groceries in you area to see what organic items they may carry.

Ordering Organic Online

If you regularly use organic products that are prepackaged, consider shopping for organic food online. Many sites offer reasonable, or free, shipping and will ship items as varied as pasta, cereals and other non-perishables. For those on a budget, this option can save a lot over buying locally. You may get further discounts for buying in quantity, so consider stocking up or sharing an order with a friend.

Don’t Forget to Garden

Even if you don’t have a lot of available variety for buying organic food on a budget, you likely have a little patch of dirt that you can take advantage of. The fresher your food is, the better it is for you. Nothing is as fresh as picking your own produce right in your back yard. Gardening is probably the most budget friendly way to get top quality organic food. For the price of seeds and compost, you can have an entire season of abundant and naturally grown produce. Since you know exactly what has gone into your backyard garden, you can be certain that everything is up to your standards and no pesticides were used in producing your organic food.

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You Smell You Lose

By Catherine Hanzel

Aromatherapy has now been discovered to be a good way to lose weight. Imagine all you have to do to lose weight now is smell the sweet aroma of natures’ body candle that almost instantly burn into essential oils. Man, how far have we come? Thing is, this has always been there, no wonder our ancestors never had weight problems like some do today. We are now learning all this and seeking to put it to good use. There are oils that can curb your appetite and fool your brain into thinking your stomach is full.

Most people complain that they never have the energy or the desire to want to exercise. They are always fatigued and tired, which is usually one of the effects of little exercise. Anyway some aromatherapy scents like lemon and peppermint oils are good for giving you that up and go feeling and bringing you back to the land of the living just in case you feel half dead. If you are always feeling lazy even though you may not need to lose weight, you can go ahead and use it to boost your mental and physical sluggishness.

With these body candle oils that close of your appetite for food, enhance your metabolism and food cravings there is no reason you should not lose at least a few inches. Grapefruit oil is the leading oil in weight loss programs. It helps stop those cravings for sugary foods and cures eating disorders that later lead to obesity. You could either inhale it before every meal or simply put a drop on your tongue. Unlike tea tree oil, it’s safe and won’t burn your tongue off.

Stay away from any inferior product that may do more harm than good. Lavender oil is known for its ability to de-stress you’re all round being. Seeing that stress is the number one reason for obesity, inhaling some lavender oil will prevent the release of that hormone cortisol which puts on the pounds. One of the most stressful times for overweight people is eating time. So try inhaling some jasmine or lavender oil to calm your emotions. When you are emotionally healthy, you will eat less because you are not stressed.

Some people may find it hard to believe that your mind can be deceived into losing weight just by simply smelling aromatherapy scents. Look at it this way. Observe how you react to different scents, like baked sweet potato pie, freshly baked bread or fried chicken. What about the smell of Cadbury chocolate or the smell of a sweet sexy perfume or skin cream? The result is the same when you smell the right aromatherapy scent for losing weight.

The good thing is, you will also be killing more than two birds with one stone. These body candle oils have a lot more healing properties than just causing you to lose weight. It can also make your skin so smooth, as they can be used for daily use as body lotion. So as far as I see it, it’s a win-win situation.

About Catherine HanzelAromatherapy Scents, Aromatherapy Candles, Body Candle,