Food & Budget
Feeding a household on a very tight budget
Practical measures for genuine constraint, including the support that exists and goes unclaimed.
Food & Budget
Eating well without the premium aisle — cost per nutrient.
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Cooking skills that save the most money
A small number of techniques convert cheap ingredients into meals, and they are the ones nobody is taught.
Food & Budget
Fibre, and why it is the nutrient that matters most
Intakes are below recommendations almost everywhere, the evidence is unusually strong, and the sources are cheap.
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Growing food and other ways to cut the bill
Some crops genuinely pay for themselves and most do not, and the other savings are larger than the garden.
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Ultra-processed food and what to make of it
The evidence is genuinely concerning, the definition is contested, and the practical advice is less dramatic than the debate.
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Alcohol: the cost in money and health
The health guidance has tightened, the household spending is larger than people estimate, and both respond to the same changes.
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Protein, and how much you actually need
Requirements are higher than the minimum for some groups and far lower than the industry implies for most.
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Eating well when you have no time
Time poverty drives more poor eating than money does, and the solutions are different from budget solutions.
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Meal planning that survives a bad week
Elaborate plans collapse, and the version that works has slack built into it deliberately.
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Supplements: what the evidence supports
A short list has genuine indications and the rest is a large industry selling reassurance at a premium.
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Reading a food label properly
The back of the pack contains the useful information and the front contains the marketing, and the difference is legally significant.
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Batch cooking as a financial strategy
The saving comes from what it prevents rather than from the cooking itself — chiefly the expensive decision made at seven in the evening.
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Cost per nutrient rather than cost per meal
Some of the cheapest foods available are the most nutritionally dense, and the expensive diet is generally the processed one.