Voucher program makes healthy eating easier for food-insecure people Diane Daniel, American Heart Association News March 9, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail As soon as Joseph Angelo enrolled in Vouchers 4 Veggies, he started to replace processed foods with fruits and vegetables. "There were times when I'd been eating healthier, but I'd really fallen into comfort food like cookies, ice cream, anything with a processed sugar 'high,'" said Angelo, who has Type 2 diabetes. "The nice thing about the vouchers is they're very specific – only for fruits and vegetables and nothing processed." The San Francisco resident is unemployed and on a tight budget. "It can be easy to rationalize something processed over healthier choices," he said. "Like if I'm looking at a bag of cookies for $2.50 or apples for $2.50, I might think the cookies are a better value."