Eating healthy while saving money

If your budget is tight, you can eat healthy and save money. Watch this video to see how one couple survived on $1/day for food:



Here are some tips for eating more nutritious foods, and staying healthy, while still eating cheaply:
1) Take a multivitamin every day or every other day
2) Eat fruits and vegetables. You need them to stay healthy. To save money, buy fresh produce in bulk and immediately freeze or can what you won't eat in the first few days.
3) Drink shakes. Buy a large container of a protein shake with vitamins and minerals. Avoid "diet shakes" (their #1 ingredient is usually sugar). Instead, go for shakes aimed at muscle-building or vitamin-loading. Substitute a solid meal for a shake occasionally. They are affordable, nutritious, convenient, and yummy.
4) Trade services with a local farmer. Sometimes, you can get healthy, fresh, locally-grown food with a little sweat equity.
Offer to help in the gardens and take home some (free!) fresh vegetables. Or clean out the hen-house and enjoy (free!) fresh eggs. Spend a few hours in the sunshine picking fruit off the trees, and nibble some sweet cherries or peaches while you work.
Plus, you get deep satisfaction when you contribute to the growing of your community's food.
5) Go fishing. Catch your own food. Fishing can be calming and peaceful. And fish is healthy eating.