If you're thinking people on “welfare” are living a life of luxury without working, you should try this sometime

New York Daily News hired a hospital nutritionist to buy a week's worth of food for $28.

“Eating this diet long-term, I'd be concerned about heart disease, diabetes, cancer and osteoporosis,” she said.

The cart full of food actually sent her $2 above budget - and was still almost 1,000 calories a day under what an average person should eat.

“Because we shopped by what was on special offer, we actually did better than I expected,” she said.

“But this is nowhere near enough food. I think this proves it can't be done.”

Link: Food-stamp diet? It'll make ya sick