How to replace healthy expensive foods – 10 budget alternatives

To eat right, you don't have to buy unreasonably expensive products, because you can simply replace them with the same ones that are no less healthy but more affordable. Moreover, according to experts, they are not inferior in quality.

Nutritionist Albina Komisarova shared a list of 10 healthy but expensive foods on Instagram, and most importantly, she offered 10 healthy alternatives.

1. Expensive: wild rice, quinoa

Alternative as a source of whole grains:

• bulgur
• buckwheat
• barley groats
• oats
• millet
• rye

"Another source of whole grains is bread made from upholstery flour, oatmeal, barley, long-cooked rye flakes, and bread rolls," the expert added.

2. Expensive: red fish

An alternative as a source of omega-3:

• Atlantic herring
• sardines
• mackerel
• mussels
• rainbow trout
• sea bass
• flounder
• sea bass
• squid

3. Expensive: avocado oil, coconut oil

Alternative as a source of fat:

• melted butter, olive oil, sunflower oil, sesame oil

"In fact, any oil is suitable for cooking, the question is more that refined or animal oil is more suitable for frying, and unrefined oil is better for raw cooking," Komissarova said.

4. Expensive: asparagus, raspberries, artichokes

An alternative as a source of vitamins and fiber:

• bananas
• carrots
• beets
• onion
• pumpkin
• cabbage
• radish
• greens

"Don't forget about frozen foods harvested at the peak of maturity, they have an affordable price," the nutritionist said.

5. Expensive: coconut sugar, bird cherry flour

Alternative:

• regular sugar
• whole grain flour

"We are talking about a superfood here, there is no need to endow products with special value for the sake of tiny benefits that have no global effect, if coconut sugar has a lower GI, it does not mean that it is permissible to eat more of it or that it will statistically have a strong effect on weight loss," the expert added.