A Healthy, Static Daily Vegetarian Diet

[Dave Kaminski]

Hey guys,

I read a couple months ago of a man who ate the same foods every day. This shocked me as the most simple way to decrease spending and make sure basic nutrient needs were always taken care of.

I'm a lacto-vegetarian (strict in that I never ever eat meat or eggs [although eggs sometimes sneak in through food offered]) and am looking for a nutritionist who could help me to develop an eating plan that would be the same every day. I don't care much about variety, just that I take care of my body first and foremost.

Does anyone have experience working with a nutritionist who could prepare something alone these lines for me? I'd probably run it by a second nutritionist and pay them both.

Thanks!

Dave

[Stephen]

Hi Dave

Longtimenosee!

Read this

Amazon.co.uk: Becoming Vegan: The Complete Guide to Adopting a Healthy Plant-based Diet: Books: Brenda Davis,Vesanto Melina

Very precise, informative and packed full of advice.

Also will save you some bucks on what should be an area that needs to be understood by the participant, not just by the teacher! (No offence intended to any nutrionists!)

[Jennihul]

Originally Posted by Dave Kaminski

I don't care much about variety...
Dave

Then you cannot be a truly healthy vegetarian. Variety, in any diet, is the key to health.

It should be organic, raw and seasonal, as much as possible. But variety is key.

Jennifer

[NotesMaeve]

I can't imagine eating the same foods everyday. (I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian.) Why not just eat a diverse and balanced diet?

[Amandaaa]

having an eating routine definitely simplifies things... especially if you don't want to think about food & cooking all the time.
it's nice to know what you're going to eat ahead of time, and have some staple foods to fall back on.

but, the others are right.
variety is important if you want to be a healthy vegetarian.




however... if you're really interested in eating the same foods all the time, i have a friend who's a nutritionist, and she could probably create a meal plan for you.

i'll talk to her and then send you a PM.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Amandaaa

variety is important if you want to be a healthy vegetarian.

I dont know. Koala bears get along just fine on eucalyptus leaves: period!

[Jacklyn]

I support the idea of having variety as different plant or vegetable has different potent nutrients in it. Have you ever wonder plants and vegies are all in different colors, flavours and fragrance? Those differences contain different phytonutrients (phytochemicals) present in them, and phytochemicals are proven to be very good for our immune system!

[Jennihul]

Originally Posted by Stephen

I dont know. Koala bears get along just fine on eucalyptus leaves: period!

That's because Koalas have evolved that way. Now if you were a Koala, that would be fine for you.

Jennifer

[Jaynie]

Hi Dave

You are right, a simple diet is the optimum way to go. Other animals do not know the nutritional content of their food and indeed are not bothered. They just eat biologically appropriate food ie food that they are drawn to and able to obtain through their natural design e.g. Lions able to run after a deer and tear it apart with its teeth etc. Sorry for the graphic example.

To look at what we humans are designed to eat, we only have to look at our physiology - our teeth, our hands, our digestive system etc. What food we would instinctively choose bar technological advance, creation of stimulating recipes etc. Would we chase after a rabbit, pull it apart with our hands and begin to tuck in, I don't think so. Or would we pick fruit off a tree, or pluck some fresh moist baby greens?

True hunger is one thing and appetite another. Nutrition, not variety is the key. You can eat all the variety you want and still be nutritionally poor. Read my blog for more info and see what I eat, and for other information.
RawFoodLog

I don't expect you to agree with what I've written just because I say so and that's as it should be. I always encourage people to test and do their own research. But I can tell you are a truth-seeker and you will find what you are looking for.

On a final note even if you decide to eat a cooked diet, I would heartily recommend getting rid of milk. Again if you think it through to its logical conclusion, cows milk is for baby cows. How did it become a staple of the human diet? Have a look at The NOTMILK Homepage! (MILK is a bad-news substance!)
I don't believe it serves our short or long term health in any way. But again you should not believe because I said. Please dig deeper as you see fit. I have studied nutrition since I was a child through to a science degree. And I continue to do my own research, there is always more truth. I'm happy to help in any way. Just email at my blog. I wish you much health and great adventure. Jaynie