| Diet diversity
Posted: 5/28/2008 5:33:34 PM | If you don't mix it up in the gym with excersizes every now and then, your muscles stop responding.
Diversity in what I eat, is it equally important? I eat pretty much the same thing day in and day out, as I know exactly how may calories I consume, how much protein, etc.
I don't get tired of eating the same thing, I eat to fill my gut not enjoy the taste of food.
I wonder though, if eating the same thing might have physical consequences, or just mental???
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| Diet diversity
Posted: 5/28/2008 6:22:45 PM | | I had run across a statement a long time ago, that if a person ate 80 different kinds of food in the course of a week, it was almost impossible to run into deficiencies of any nutrient. You do have to calculate the 80 properly though: macaroni, spaghetti, ... are all just kinds of pasta. But a diet where you are eating the same 5 (10?, 20?) foods over and over, may leave you open to nutritional deficiencies. How much of those you pick up in supplements, I have no idea. I also don't know how much less than 80 a person could work with. Perhaps the thing to do is to get a hold of some program which uses the USDA Nutritional database, and start looking at what is says about your diet? | |
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| Diet diversity
Posted: 5/28/2008 6:23:00 PM | All I can see is you might run into some random micronutrient deficiency.
If you were eating the same exact food six times a day though, day in and day out, you'd run the risk of developing a food allergy.
So things people are commonly allergic to, like nuts, apples, bananas, peanuts, etc., try to only eat them once or twice a day, or every other day.
For my main unsaturated fat source I alternate between almond butter and cashew butter every day. I like cashews and almonds too much to have to give them up due to a self-induced allergy.
That's my $0.02
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| Diet diversity
Posted: 5/28/2008 6:50:05 PM | The thing with exercise is there are two factors, both hitting a plateau and getting bored of the same movements.
With food I don't think your body will get used to certain foods and stop absorbing as many nutrients. I think the main reason for diet diversity is to make sure you're getting enough different foods to cover all the needed nutrients, and people can get VERY sick and tired of eating the same things over and over. | |
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| Diet diversity
Posted: 5/29/2008 3:30:50 AM | It also depends on whether or not you're trying to lose weight/fat. If you are sometimes it can help to shake your diet up a bit and have a couple of days with a higher calorie intake than others just to keep your metabolism ticking over nicely.
If you're not trying to lose weight I don't see a problem. | |
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