You Can Afford a Healthy Life

You CAN AFFORD HEALTHY Life WAYS TO STAY HEALTHY WHILE SAVING MONEY BUY ORGANICALLY GROWN INSTEAD OF CERTIFIED ORGANIC CERTIFIED ORGANIC: government regulated and inspected farms that grow and process food without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or GMO's. ORGANICALLY GROWN: farms that also grow process food without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or GMO's but are not government regulated. DID YOU KNOW... organically grown products can be 50% CHEAPER IF IT'S NOT AN EMERGENCY, VISIT AN URGENT CARE INSTEAD OF AN EMERGENCY ROOM. Top 3 Reasons for Emergency Room and Urgent Care visits: urinary tract infection ear infection sore throat Average Urgent Care bill for these conditions: Average ER bill for these conditions: $150 $570 DID YOU KNOW... more than $18 BILLION could be saved annually if "avoidable" or "non-urgent" ER visits were handled at a primary care or Urgent Care? BUY FOOD IN BULK AND FREEZE WHAT YOU DON'T IMMEDIATELY NEED DID YOU KNOW... the average savings from buying in bulk is 31% You can freeze foods like eggs, chips, meat, fruit, cheese, bread, milk, and vegetables. Just make sure to store them correctly. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FREE, AT-HOME FITNESS OPTIONS INSTEAD OF PAYING FORA GYM MEMBERSHIP Average gym membership cost $55/MONTH That's an average of $660/YEAR It is easy to find at-home work out programs for free online or at the library QUITTING SMOKING PROVIDES SİGNIFICANT HEALTH AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS Annual savings rom quiting $3,750 smoking ranges from $1,610 to Did you know... Mortality rate for smokers is 3 times higher than people who have never smoked? +) CONSUME VEGETABLE PROTEIN MORE OFTEN THAN MEAT PROTEIN. IT IS MORE COST EFFECTIVE! ½ cup of peas has 3.5 grams of protein ½ cup of spinach has 5 grams of protein 1 medium sized baked potato has 3 grams of protein BUY FROZEN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES INSTEAD OF FRESH OPTIONS Frozen fruit and vegetables hold the same nutritional value SAVE $3.33 Frozen raspberries cost $0.54 cents per serving versus fresh raspberries that cost $3.87 per serving PER SERVING TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PREVENTATIVE MEASURES DID YOU KNOW... Insurance coverage for preventative care is usually covered at a higher percentage rate than non-preventative care? GET THE RECOMMENDED 8 HOURS OF SLEEP SCHEDULE YOUR ANNUAL PHYSICAL EXAM BRUSH & FLSS YOUR TEETH GO ON A WALK OR EXERCISE DAILY KEEP UP ON ROUTINE MEDICAL TWICE A DAY TESTING BROUGHT TO YOU BY: SOURCES: http://www.cbn.com/finance/SMI_buyinbulk.aspx http://www.debt.org/medical/emergency-room-urgent-care-costs/ http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2013/01/02/the-heavy-price-of-losing-weight http://www.ers.usda.gov/media/303033/aib790f_1_pdf Walk-In-Lab 140 160 02 220 08. 09 40 240 - O260 20 082