Eat mainly vegetables and fruits (vegan diet) with little complex carbohydrates?
Such vegetables would include: Carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions (both red and green), spinach, pinto beans, soy beans, navy beans, chickpeas
The fruits in my diet would include: Strawberries, raisins, apples, grapefruit, banana, apricot, advocado, mango, kiwifruit, guava, cantalope
Grains in my diet: Flaxseed, Brazil nuts, almonds, nutritional yeast, cereal (Arrowmills oat bran flakes and puffed Kamut)
"Dairy": Almond milk
Tofu: Tofu Lite Mori-Nu, Morning Star Grillers Chik’n, Yves Tofu Dog, Boca Grillers Original
Other: Olive oil, Apple Cidar vinegar, random spices in pantry
Does this diet seem healthy? Will I loose weight with this diet in a healthy manner (with exercise)?
To the second person who replied: I dislike brocolli, bell peppers, water chestnuts or any of the other things you just listed! I’m not going for a particularly *strict* diet, I’m going based on things I love to eat and things that are healthy so it won’t get boring and I won’t become unhealthy!
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Seems okay to me.
You don’t need complex carbs if you eat enough fruit and veg volume for your energy expenditure.
There are things to consider that most people do not — how well your digestive system is functioning, how the food is prepared, how fresh it it, organic or not, and what it is eaten with (i.e. proper food combination for good digestion), your metabolism, etc. etc. There are some elite endurance athletes and bodybuilders that are fruitatarians and they have found that they can obtain the results they want on such a diet. There is often adjustment times (as your body learns to expect different foods etc.) and experimentation etc. involved. Try to include pro-biotic foods in your diet as well in order to promote good digestion (no use eating food if most of it will go undigested) and avoid things that will kill off your digestive flora or promote yeast growth (white flour, sugar, etc.).
From the above list you gave, I’d also include some more sources of good fats, coconut, olive, flax, pumpkin, hemp, etc. (esp the essential omega fatty acids) and I’d ad more dark green leafy veggies. I do believe that the top of the list of foods best suited to humans is fruit, so defiantly the more fruit the better. If you do a search for ‘food combination chart’ you can better understand the acid alkaline properties of foods and what goes with what best, but basically eat fruit alone. Maybe add some fresh juices via juicing it yourself too. We don’t live in a natural world, and juicing is a good way to consume a good quantity of nutrients.
That’s all off the top of my head.
Yea, you probably will. Keep the tofu items and cereals at a minimum and eat mostly raw fruits, veggies, and nuts (raw is best) and beans (cook them obviously). Almond milk isn’t the worst thing in the world, but it’s not really a health food. It’s really just for people to have something to replace the milk in their cereal. It’s got a lot of sugar in it, and it’s not really nutritious. It’s not going to kill you, but don’t drink gallons of it thinking it’s going to make you healthy. If you do this, you should lose weight.
Also, drink green smoothies. they are really nutritious and will cut cravings!
edit: oh, and also add brown rice to your diet. It’s a very nutritious food!
Your only going to eat those things, all the time? That will get boring…. To succeed with a vegan/vegetarian diet you need to eat a wide range of foods, and you need to like most vegetables. What about peanut butter, potatoes, sweet potatoes, brocolli, asparagus, beets, brussels sprouts, bean sprouts, bell peppers, yams, water chestnuts, oranges, pineapple, grapes, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, honeydew melon, brown rice, whole wheat bread…… And that is just off the top of my head.
Also.. Remember, carbs are our energy. Low carb diets are a bunch of BS, we need carbs. Just make sure to eat whole wheat carbs if at all possible. Also, you will have to eat much more food than you are probably used to in order to get the appropriate caloric intake.
Yes. There is nothing especially healthy about complex carbohydrates. Whole grains contain protein and such, but you are already getting plenty of protein, so it’s okay. And you can definitely lose weight with that diet if you eat a reasonable amount of calories and include exercise. (You don’t HAVE to exercise much if you are not eating too many calories and eating enough fiber, but it is better for your body anyway.)
But both for general health and losing weight, you will want to eat fewer processed foods (i.e. the tofu products). Vegetables are healthiest and contain the most nutrients, but fruits have fiber, which is good for weight loss. Just keep it varied.
I have a friend who is a vegan and your diet plan sounds identical to what she eats. She’s thin, feels great and has tons of energy.
It sounds like you’re on the right track.
Good luck
Sounds very healthy. Just make sure you get enough protein. That is one of the benefits of animal/fish meat is the protein. I have found that eating a combination of protein and complex carbs (such as whole wheat bread) in the morning, I am less hungry through the day. If I ate only protein or only the w/w bread, then I was hungry in an hour. I think combination is the way to go.
Also, keep in mind with any diet, it all comes down to calorie intake vs. calorie burn. Even If you eat 2500 calories of the items you listed, but you only burn 2000 calories, then you will store 500 calories.
Good luck, sounds like you are on the right path to healthy eating!
Just to let you know in case you are going with the vegan diet for ethical reasons, Morning Star often uses eggs in their products, so I would check the ingredients on the Chik’n. I’ve never had this specific product, but other things I’ve tried from the brand have all included eggs.
I did a detox diet once that had similar diet restrictions to the one you are doing, but I ate a lot more bread. Two whole wheat small loaf slices with peanut butter for breakfast every morning. I lost 20 pounds in about 6 months without even realizing it. I wasn’t trying to lose weight, just eat better, as I was starting college and didn’t want to be a victim of the freshman 15. The only real exercise I was doing was walking around campus, I even cheated on it sometimes because I couldn’t completely kick my coffee and candy addiction. I think you could definitely lose weight with the diet, but I don’t think you will be completely satisfied, given the few food items you have limited yourself to. Take a plate, fill half with a leafy green salad, a quarter with fruit, and another quarter, with protein/carbs, thats the general ratio I used to feel satisfied, without being too limiting. I see you have nuts and beans on your list, make sure you eat enough of them, as you don’t have much protein mentioned, maybe you should include protein powder to your list and make some breakfast shakes.
Yea, you probably will. Keep the tofu items and cereals at a minimum and eat mostly raw fruits, veggies, and nuts (raw is best) and beans (cook them obviously). Almond milk isn’t the worst thing in the world, but it’s not really a health food. It’s really just for people to have something to replace the milk in their cereal. It’s got a lot of sugar in it, and it’s not really nutritious. It’s not going to kill you, but don’t drink gallons of it thinking it’s going to make you healthy. If you do this, you should lose weight.
Also, drink green smoothies. they are really nutritious and will cut cravings!
edit: oh, and also add brown rice to your diet. It’s a very nutritious food!
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RN, raw vegan