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If you think it’s hard to eat healthy when you’re dieting, just imagine how hard it would be to eat healthy on $3 a day. What can you eat for a buck a meal? The food stamp program in the U.S. was meant as a supplement, but there are those who survive on their food stamps. How do they do it?

Here is a radio interview with a food critic who took the Food Stamp Diet Challenge:

You can read his editorial here:

• The real food stamp challenge: Living on white bread is tough for a week. But try doing it year-round.: Creative Loafing Sarasota

If you would like to try to take the Food Stamp Diet Challenge yourself (as was done by many politicians) to see what it would be like to live on $3 a day, there is a detailed PDF that you can download from this site.

• Group program on poverty and the food stamp diet

Is this a good weight loss technique? No, but it’s an inspiring way to teach compassion for those who are in a bad situation. No one would willingly choose to live like this.