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Question: If i dont eat any other starches, other than oats at breakfast, is it harmful to my health?

(Posted by: green-ink on 2010-03-06 00:04:49)

I eat a big bowl of jungle oats for breakfast, fruit during the morning, yohurt and cheese during the afternoon, and veggies for dinner and some night meat.... is the lack of carbs toward the end o a day a bad thing? this is an average day, there are days where i'll have pizza or a donut, but not often, just moderately. i drink green tea and water during the day... is this a good diet? oh im an 18 year old small female

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Posted by: cyn_texas on 2010-03-07, 14:09:15

IF you are going to eat carbs, then morning is the best time. I am more concerned with calories, protein & fat consumption - it sure doesn't look like you are getting enough of anything. Fat won't make you fat, but a low fat, high carb diet sure will. Insufficient calories will shut your metabolism down. Make sure your yogurt is full fat but sugar free and add lots of butter to vegs at night. Fat is required not only for good health & hormones & immune function, it is required to make vitamins & minerals in your foods bioavailable so they can be incorporated into the body structure. I have started adding ground flax seed or chia seed to about everything. They are both incredibly nutritious. Chia seeds swell up when soaked and remind me of tapioca with a strawberry seed inside. They really have no taste but I love the texture. No other whole grain compares on a nutritional level, and it has an Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) that is greater than blueberries on a per-gram basis (80 micromole TE/ d). I let them sit on the counter to soak for 12 hours this "sprouts " them and raises the ORAC level 2.5x higher. I think they are much more nutritious raw and add them to salads & tuna as well as making faux tapioca regularly. I also add them to cooked food for bulk but prefer to use flax seed for cooked food. Flax seed has a slight taste to it but chia seed is tasteless so it doesn't change the flavor of foods the way flax seed would. In Mexico, they add chia seed to lemonade and call it chia fresca and it is addicting. I was getting 400% of my daily requirement of fiber by drinking this and have to regulate my intake, but it is fun. I have been making a "porridge " every day lately as suggested by Dr.Mercola. A low carb whey powder & water, I add ground flax seeds, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, almonds, coconut milk, tahini (ground sesame seeds) & raw egg. All seeds & nuts are raw & soaked to germinate them. Chia seeds sound so expensive but 1# will make 10# food - Amazon.com has couple lbs. for $16 shipped to you. I buy in bulk (24#) from getchia.com for $6# with free shipping. Chia seeds - 3.5 oz is nearly 500 calories, half calories from fat (high in Omega3 fatty acids) 38g fiber 151%DV & 16grams of COMPLETE protein for 6grams carbs & 63% DV Calcium - 95% Phosphorus - 23% Zinc - 9% Copper - 108% Manganese. Faux tapioca - 2 cups of water, 5 scoops of low carb whey protein powder, stir together & add cup of chia seeds, after they have started to absorb the water, add in 2 cans of coconut milk & sweetener if you like and mix it all in. Can be eaten after an hour but will be better tomorrow. Cream a pkg. of cream cheese into a can of pumpkin and add to the faux tapioca for an even more nutritious pumpkin pie pudding. Ground flax seed (2 Tbsp) 1/ 4 cup water, artificial sweetener, mix in a raw egg - let sit 10 min. to absorb liquid, put some cream cheese in the middle & nuke 2 minutes. For daily fiber needs. Flax seed - 3.5oz - 534 cal - 65% calories from fat (high in Omega3 fatty acids) for 2gram carb - 27g fiber 109%DV - 26% DV Calcium - 64% Phosphorus - 29% Zinc - 61% Copper - 124% Manganese - 36% Selenium - 98% Magnesium - 32% Iron - 110% Thiamin - 9% B2 Riboflavin - 15% B3 Niacin - 24% Vit.B6 - 22% Folate - 10% Vit.B5.- 39% Potassium