Monavie Health Club

Question: I need nutrition advice. please.?

(Posted by: michelle on 2010-03-13 16:57:37)

Okay, so i recently started to eat a more balance diet which mostly consist of veggies and fruits. I've been on this diet for a little more of a month, nevertheless i my diet rarely consists of meat. I get disgusted when i see meat i'm not sure why. Anyways Iv'e been feeling dizzy and tired im not sure why i thought that the veggies would actually give me more enerygy. Do you know whyu??? I'm not over weight i just want to live a more healthy lifestyle.((: here are some of the things i eat everyday; morning fruit lunch salad and at night snacks, fruit or cereal.

Posted by: A on 2010-03-13, 17:01:54

You probably have a protein deficiency. If you don't want to eat meat, try soy products or protein supplements. Also make sure you're getting enough iron—some veggies are high in it, but a lot of people who don't eat meat have trouble with iron. Try those two things and see if it helps. If not, it might be worth consulting a nutritionist for more in-depth insight.

Posted by: Daniela on 2010-03-13, 17:01:55

If you don't eat meat, you need some other source of iron, veggies are not enough, you're probably anemic.

Posted by: jose on 2010-03-13, 17:04:56

Hehe. Your probably not accustomed to eating healthy stuff without depending on meat. Don't just rely on vigies and fruits tough. Drink milk, yogurts and shit like that. You should eat some meat like fish and white meats (vary little though). And completely avoid red meats.

Posted by: Susan Yarrawonga on 2010-03-13, 17:07:36

Perhaps your calorie intake is too low. You could also be deficient in complete protein, iron and vitamin B12. To be a successful vegetarian or vegan you need to be aware of the various traps that you can see in web searches for "vegetarian diet " + "health hazards " and vegan + "health hazards ".

Posted by: cyn_texas on 2010-03-13, 17:07:42

Protein & fat are essential to good health. Carbs, like vegs are optional & provide nutrients but they aren't absolutely essential to health like fat & protein. There is not enough calories in fruits & vegs to fuel the body. Carbs may be optional, but fuel calories are not but they can come from fat or carbs, but not protein. If you eat protein without sufficient fuel calories from fats or carbs, then you convert dietary protein to fuel leaving no protein for cellular needs, forcing the body to catabolize it's own lean tissues. If you don't keep your calories high enough, the body will strip it's own lean tissue for nutrition. Although that may look great on a scale it will make it MUCH easier to accumulate fat in the future (since all that pesky lean tissue burning up calories will be gone). As long as you have <9grams carbs per hour, you will maintain insulin control & shouldn't gain weight, no matter the calories because insulin, the fat storage hormone is not activated. Controlling insulin levels will balance out other hormones & allow human growth hormone (HGH) to be produced naturally so lean tissue will be gained even without exercise. I highly recommend adding seeds & nuts to your diet. They are extremely high in good fats & nutrition. 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. 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. 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. Raw nuts are living and full of the energy of life and should be capable of building a tree. Roasted nuts are dead & they may still provide some nutrients, but none can compare to the nutrients and enzymes from a live food. Unfortunately, raw does not necessarily mean living. For example - Commercially sold almonds are now required to be pasteurized turning a live food into a dead one. You can not sprout an almond that has been irradiated. I buy my almonds direct from growers off ebay. I get 20# for less than $3# including shipping. Almonds- 3.5oz - 575 cal - 72% calories from fat for 10gram carb & 26% DV Calcium - 48% Phosphorus - 21% Zinc - 50% Copper - 114% Manganese - 4% Selenium - 67% Magnesium - 21% Iron - 14% Thiamin - 60% B2 Riboflavin - 17% B3 Niacin - 7% Vit.B6 - 12% Folate - 5% Vit.B5.- 131% Vit.E - Potassium 20%