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Eating healthy on a limited budget is possible, researchers find. A new study found that with menu planning and access to stores selling items in bulk, the average daily cost for serving healthy meals to a family of four was $25 in 2010 dollars. This cost was consistent with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) low-income cost of food meal plan, but higher than the cost of the USDA Thrifty Food Plan. Source 1l.
It's possible, depending on your circumstances. Strangely enough certain locations charge you MORE on healthy food rather than unhealthy food, which discourages some people to improve themselves physically in the first place.