Ask Not For Whom The Kale Curls - It Curls For Thee - 10 / 10 thread

[FrannyandZooey]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY - can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being. Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and you can download more detailed information by following the link at the very bottom of the page

Ahah. Lists. Are we talking about lists? [hugs self]

Which thread is this? Is it the poo one? [nervous]

yes but we've moved on
don't go on the other one, there are nipples

+Zippi, give me a run down of your typical daily det and I will bore tell you about how the most important thing is to stabilise your blood suagr levels and thus help balance mood.
You won't like it though,

oh well to day i have had oats organic milk and german fruits

satsumas apple sunflower seeds fennel tea mango and ornage juice

um i must have had something else

ur hmm well that seems to be it for now

i normally have bananas but i only just bought them

unusualy i am going to have suausages later but that is something i might have about twice in a year lol

i quite often have chicken in yougurt and salad leaves

typical other stuff tomatyoes red peppers mushrooms

cauliflour broccoli tinned salmon prawns coucous

cottage cheese
salmon
trout

cheese

occasionaly potatoes or rice

i sometimes have bread but often dont have any for a couple of weeks

granola with my oats

raspberries

hello again have ticked off two things
tidy daughter's bedroom
tidy our room

on my list is
mend a bed
ironing
washing
wrap presents
mow lawn
clip edges
post office
tidy garden
pack
put in bedding plants
bake fairy cakes
cat food and litter
pack children's bags for sleep overs
emails
phone calls
make flower decoration thing

glad your ankles are ok fran but ooh about the pelvis
and mrs c did you rest
hello zippi

ok oats is gooood. Slow release enrrgy.
THE single most important thing you can do is make sure you eat regularly. (no more than 4 hours without food. Except hen you are asleep. That is breakfast, lunch, dinner with snacks in between. Otherwise your blood sugar levels will constantly be spiking and plummeting.
Tis not rocket science but avoid tea, coffe, cola, fags, all of which stimulate the adrenal glands to pump out stress hormones.
High levels of cortisol + low levels of seratonim and dopamine.

When stressed, make sure you get plenty of B vits as stress will deplete you of these and B vits are good for horonal blalance.

and hello fmf and 100
do you know about blood sugar levels then

i take vit b supplements [polishes halo]

i do probably eat too much fruit and not enough veg

I found out that although I am a meat eater, my diet lacks protein!

how is that fmf and how did you find it out

Oh Zippi, poor DD2

Is DS2 ok, Toot?

What are German fruits. My mum claims that they don't have fruit in Germany.

I'm intrigued, ahundred.

2 bananas, peas, peppers, mushrooms, spinach.

what is your typical food then fmf

german fruits are grapes and balckberries apparently and cherries

We have had the benefit of a lovely nutrional therpaist on our course. I was telling her how I am constantly hungry and get a bit shakey when I don't eat. She asked me for a run down of a day's typical food.
I only really eat protein at night.
ie breakkie tends to be fruit, snacks tends to be toast and or fruit, lunch tends to be veggie soup and bread, dinner tends to be chicken with veg/salad, baked spud.
Apparently we need protein at every meal. [dunce]

I will be going to work on an egg from now on

is there not protein in wholemeal stuff eg german type bread

Aren't oats quite good for protein? I think I often don't have much. What happens if we don't eat enough of it?

good sources of protein: meat, eggs, cheese, fish, seeds, nuts,lentils and pulses, mushrooms.

It's all about balance. In order to acheive optimum amounts of the macro minerals (potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium) meals should be balanced: eg 50 per cent of plate shoulkd be veg, 1/4 protein and 1/4 complex carbs.

oh yes, and the main reason for protein is to rebuild cells and protect muscles.
god, I knew nothing before this week and now I am going to be obsessed about what I eat!

I'm stuffed then. I don't eat meat or fish and very few eggs, seeds & nuts. I try to have lentils, pulses and mushrooms but certainly not every day.

I'm doomed

Protein at each meal definitely makes you feel fuller and avoids the shakiness.

I have much shakiness if I neglct to eat for more than about 2 hours

I find protein at breakfast difficult.

I do find if I eat a proper cooked brekkie I can go for hours afterwards without eating, whereas even after my large bowl of muesli at 7.30 I am hungry again at about 10, so there must be somehting in it.

sports nutrition is carbohydrate before and night before and protein after

bit mor e complex but that is it basically

I generally eat a salad for lunch with hummous, tuna or cheese of some sort, plus a couple of oatcakes or Dr Karg's crackers.

I would say that would be the 25 / 25 / 50 balance.

but there is protein in nearly all foods - I don't think separating food into 'protein foods' is actually a helpful concept
the western diet usually contains too MUCH protein and it causes us to lose calcium
one reason why vegan diet is usually adequate in calcium intake is because it is not swimming in protein from meat and dairy produce - the high calcium recommendations are based on the needs of someone eating meat daily

ah but most RDA stuff is bollcoks as everyone is different and we all have different nutritional needs!

Protein doesn't have to come from meat, as you know!

Meusli is a good brekki, if you can have some nuts/seeds etc for protein.