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Originally Posted by Joan.of.the.Arch
My college kid has been eating extremely frugally until this summer. His summer job gives him a little more money and he says he is not eating as healthily since he has more money. He says now he is eating more and eating things from the freezer aisle of the grocery store. He gave breaded mozzarella sticks that get baked in the oven as an example. During the school year he cooked from scratch,
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Exactly. More money gives you more options, but more doesn't necessarily mean better. More money means you can afford more processed convenience foods. More money means you can afford to eat out more often. But those aren't good things.
There is a lower limit, of course. Below a certain amount, you can't eat well. But above that line, cutting back on spending tends to improve one's diet. I know that when we start paying more attention to the food bill, we eat a healthier diet and cut out a lot of the junk (which is more costly).