Gwyneth Paltrow Takes on $29 a Week Food Stamp Challenge

One of the richest celebrities in the world, actress Gwyneth Paltrow will live off of a $29-per-week budget.

Paltrow, 42, accepted the #FoodBankNYCChallenge from celebrity chef Mario Batali, who is a board member at the NYC Food Bank. The $29-per-week budget is what families on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) have to rely on. The budget limits people to $1.38 per meal.

After accepting the challenge, Paltrow started to spread awareness via Twitter. She tweeted, "We're walking in their shoes to see how far we get. I nominate @RidingShotgunLA to do #FoodBankNYCChallenge & donate: bit.ly/1CxSQZc"

She also shared a photo of what she bought with her money. Paltrow's grocery haul included a carton of eggs, several different kinds of greens, an avocado, a sweet potato, a tomato, corn, peas, limes, a bag of brown rice, a bag of black beans, garlic, cilantro, onion, jalapeno and tortillas.

For the challenge, participants are allowed to use coupons. They are not, however, allowed to use the food that is already in their homes or food that was given by others.

Although the challenge is meant to raise awareness about hunger, many people on Twitter were not impressed with Paltrow.

One person tweeted, "Vast different living on food stamps for 1 week knowing you've a safety net of millions, and that being your life every day Gwyneth Paltrow."

"It's so cool how celebs (gwyneth paltrow) can challenge themselves to live off a food stamp budget like it's a game or something," another person wrote.

One more wrote, "Gwenyth Paltrow's food stamp stunt is further proof that she has no on in her life to tell her when she's being stupid."

Paltrow's haul was also criticized for the lack of calories. People who live on food stamps generally have more active lifestyles that require calories from other types of foods, such as peanut butter and chicken.

Batali also challenged Sting and Debbie Harry.