How Can One Eat Healthy?
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (191487)
Boise, Idaho
July 17, 2026 7:45pm CST
How can one eat healthy food when the food is nasty? We get avocadoes, kiwi, raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries. Most of it is not ripe and even putting it in the window for a while doesn't help. I am so frustrated. I can't afford to go to the Farmer's Market either. They are too expensive. I have gone back to eating a lot of frozen stuff just because I can't get it decently fresh.
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@sissy15 (13213)
• United States
18h
My husband is trying to get his diabetes under control, so we have had to eat healthy, and it's incredibly expensive. I do the best I can with what I have. With the parasite going around on some of the fresh produce, I've bought frozen veggies. We do a lot of broccoli and green beans. I do my best to cook and season things so they have some flavor without adding a lot of sodium and sugar. I've found lemon juice to be a good flavor option. I can buy frozen broccoli and green beans for around a dollar. It's not fresh, but it's still healthy. I try to buy meat on sale. It's difficult but not impossible to eat healthy on a budget. Our biggest expense is meat and diabetic friendly bread.
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@DaddyEvil (175792)
• United States
16h
I switched to sourdough bread instead of white bread. You can also choose whole-wheat sourdough bread as well as multi-grain sourdough bread. They all have a lower glycemic index than white bread bought in the supermarket and the whole wheat and multi-grain bread also provide more fiber, which can also help absorb sugars from the other foods you've eaten or are eating with the bread.
Be sure to check the label on the sourdough breads you buy. If it says "sugar" as one ingredient, don't buy it! REAL sourdough bread should only contain flour, water, salt, and starter without any added sugars or commercial yeast.
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@sissy15 (13213)
• United States
15h
@DaddyEvil We have been going for no-carb or low-carb bread and tortilla shells, at least until his sugar is down lower. It was pretty high when he was hospitalized. We have used sourdough in the past, we buy a lot of Aldi bread. Right now, he has been struggling with insulin resistance because of a horrible diet, and he is on a pretty high insulin dosage right now. I know there are a lot of things that can help with sugar absorption; we have just been really working on lower carbs and eating mostly meat and vegetables, while also trying to keep sodium intake low. Once he is more on track with his sugar, we'll be able to relax a little bit. I mean, he won't be able to go back to eating garbage, but he'll be able to incorporate a little more into his diet. His numbers are still running high currently, but that's because if they make it go down too quickly, his body will react as though it has low sugar since it's so used to being high. He's had that issue in the past. I've been portioning things out more and being careful about what he has. I know not all carbs are bad carbs, especially whole grains and things with fiber and protein. It's a work in progress. By eating less bread, though, it leaves other options open. I don't think he ever realized how many foods have carbs and sugars in them until recently.
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@DaddyEvil (175792)
• United States
15h
@sissy15 Wow! Your hubby is/was doing much worse than I am/was. I only spiked once up into the diabetic range. My sugars stay in the pre-diabetic or below range now, even if I eat a bit of candy...
I hope you can get his sugar down soon. Good luck with it!
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@marguicha (230370)
• Chile
19h
Fortunatly, where I live, we can get a lot or not so expensive healthy food when it is onn season. But only the very rich ccan buy food out of season anywhere in the globe. I eat oranges and lemons during winter and peaches in summer.
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@celticeagle (191487)
• Boise, Idaho
50m
I just miss the days when you could get good, ripe fruit. Now it's garbage.
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@marguicha (230370)
• Chile
Just now
@celticeagle I know. I can´t even eat a supermarket bought tomato.
@DaddyEvil (175792)
• United States
16h
One way to "help" fresh fruits and veggies to ripen is to put them into a brown paper bag with an (red delicious or golden delicious) apple and fold the top of the bag closed. The apple gives off a gas that will help other fruit and veggies ripen. No need to put things in a window sill. Some fruits and veggies ripen faster than others when exposed to the gas the apple gives off.
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@celticeagle (191487)
• Boise, Idaho
47m
Yes, I use that alot. I forgot this time. Will try it next time. Thanks for the reminder.
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@wolfgirl569 (137558)
• Marion, Ohio
7h
And now you have to worry about forever diarrhea from some of it
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@DaddyEvil (175792)
• United States
15h
Avocados can also be "force" ripened by placing them in a brown paper bag with a red delicious apple or a yellow (golden) deicious apple. The gas given off by apples makes other fruits and veggies ripen quickly.
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@celticeagle (191487)
• Boise, Idaho
48m
Last month the avocados were perfect. This month hard as a rock.
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