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It would be easier to eat the vegetarians. 🤢

30/7 is fewer than 5 a day, or are you expected to eat the whole plant?

PS. I haven't read the article.😉

chocolate counts apparently, that'll do for me!

I have now read the article. What a palaver!

//It would be easier to eat the vegetarians//

 

Haha😂 love it!

basically it's saying eat 30 different things that are plant based in a week. I think I do that anyway.

 

Not much meat on a vegetarian though...

Once had a girlfriend that was a vegetarian.

What a hypocryte she was. Never complained about having a bit of my meat inside her...

LOL!

THEY.....Can go and do one.

I read this last weekend and gave it a go!

sunday - potatoes, parsnip, butternut squash, kale and sprouts , banana . 6

mon - tomato, beetroot, apple, grapes, lettuce, orange pepper . 6 

tue - all repeats so no new ones

wed - swede, broccoli, carrots, pineapple. 4

thur - courgettes, leeks, and still eating yesterdays veg. 2

Fri - Onions, green beans, cucumber, cashew and Brazil nuts. 5 

sat - we're having pizza!

So I managed 23 which was pretty good going and I'd find it hard to think of many more tbh. Especially if we're also trying to eat in season and buy local!

 

 

I've not read the link...but there are articles I've read that claim that herbs used in cooking count also...not sure about spices. But they are plants.

Every little counts!

pasta...

Spices and all sorts of little bits of different plants are supposed to feed your gut biome with beneficial stuff. You don't have to eat 30 whole vegetables. Wheat, rice, other grains, salads, onions, potatoes, bread, beans, lentils, and so on. I eat lots of bits although I'm not a big eater. I don't keep a tally, but it's sensible to eat a varied diet.

And yes, spices too.

 

What about wine? Does that count?

Probably. Also cheese (especially blue and raw milk cheese) yogurt, kefir, fermented products.....

'They' say we sould do 10,000 steps a day as well (they being the Japanese company that marketed a pedometer in the 1960s)  Load of nonsense - it's all about money

There are 11,000 grass species in the world. Get mowing or grazing. Just be careful not to emit too much methane or you will have the net zero loons up in arms. 

Not that hard,  it includes the starchy carbs like  potatoes, rice, wheat, all the fruits, and veggies, yesterday I hit the following,

Wheat, peas, carrots, banana, green beans, tomatoes, sweetcorn, garlic,  and lettuce  fresh five and blueberries, so just by not eating the same thing every day you can easily clock up well over 30 in a week.   Even things like red,and yellow peppers (each contain slightly different nutrient profiles so count separately). It's a lot easier than 5 a day.

It's included as  part of the Noom programme which I am trying at the moment, and seems to be taking off elsewhere as a means of improving gut health.   Only people that may struggle are those with very restricted diet either medically imposed, due to aversion issues ( picky kids) and those who are on  very low incomes.   

 

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