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1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each Day"
i had thought it was 29 foods a day, not 30. all this time, i had only idea of the target, and no info about the 6 categories
for years and years i have been running counts on my meals because of this idea, but not necessarily tallying up the whole day. along the lines of 'nice - that was a 7 veg breakfast' on the weekend.
that's me for today. if i had made that curried lentil/veg soup today like i meant to (will have squash, carrot and spinach), i would have had some at lunch and hit the 30 target easy. cool!
ps hmm i guess i double counted peanuts mea culpa
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:16 pm
by ElliotB
I have stumbled onto this concept in the past month out of necessity but it actually makes a lot of sense from a nutritional point of view. Thanks for posting it!
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 4:55 am
by jimmylegs
no probs!
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 6:22 am
by jimmylegs
i've been tending to the simplistic for the main 'weekend breakfast' lately. yesterday's rediscovery spurred a return to past more time-consuming efforts.
- that is not to say there are not days i'd personally need to count all the different grains in 12 grain toast or 5 grain pasta to get there mind you ;)
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2018 6:48 pm
by jimmylegs
slackin for the weekend. a bona fide 'count all grains in the 12 grain toast' day.
still, made a sweet salad (+7) and soup (11 / +8 omitting repeats... +9 incl lamb) today
also, put down two butternut and a spaghetti squash in the freezer. have cleaned off the seeds; in a perfect world they'll be seasoned/dry roasted tomo ;)
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:46 pm
by jimmylegs
well today has not been *awesome* so far, but things seem to be on the mend now that it's suppertime
typical weekday breakfast and snack, ie
water
tea
breakfast (+7)
steel cut oats
mixed berries and cherries (4)
milk
maple syrup
(no flax today booo)
coffee
water/supplements
am snack (+9)
mixed nuts and seeds (6)
dried cranberries
dark choc coverered puffed quinoa
coffee
water/supplements
leftovers for lunch (let's just call it +12) ie
ancient grains pasta (5)
homemade herbed tomato sauce
swiss chard
spaghetti squash
half a 'wild thing' sausage (pork with mixed funky stuff like dandelions, violets etc)
pm snack (+2 after repeats)
tomato
balsamic
feta
water/supplements
dinner pending curried lentil veg soup (say +13)
onion
olive oil
coconut oil
minced garlic
minced ginger
bay leaves
mixed dry spices (mostly cumin, not adding to count)
red lentils
green lentils
chicken broth
a cup of frozen butternut squash,
a grated carrot,
150g frozen chopped spinach
1/4 c chopped fresh parsley
think i'll be well past 45 and headed for 50 diff foods by end of day today
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:55 pm
by jimmylegs
oops i didn't have the soup yet, just made it. will have a small bowl in a bit before i put it away.
in the meantime a plate of supper (+3 - not counting chicken and chicken broth separately)
pickled beets
green beans
half a potato
some leftover chicken.
that's 45, conservatively
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:25 pm
by jimmylegs
had a 10km hike instead of lunch today :S
at least enjoyed a bit of that lentil soup upon return, and am on track for the next multi-ingredient homemade wonder aka a nice pot of chili
1. olive oil
2. minced garlic
3. onion
4. celery
5. chili powder
6. ground beef (grass finished heritage galloway)
7. green pepper
8. red pepper
9. butternut squash
10. chopped frozen spinach
11. tomatoes (juiced plus some chopped fresh)
12. kidney beans
13. black beans
am out of frozen corn or that would be in there as well (a la 'three sisters' corn beans and squash chili)
soon to be enjoyed with a bit of brown rice
other than that enjoyed standard +7 breakfast, +9 snack and +13 soup for 29, after repeats the chili makes it +7 more so back in the 30s zone shortly
japan x harvard healthy eating plate FTW
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
afternoon snack: +5 hummus (chickpeas (repeat), tahini, lemon and spices) with carrots, celery and multigrain chips
supper:
+6 leftover chicken, kale, squash, red pep, beets and butter
grand total 37.
i made but didn't have any of a batch of black bean soup. it's a +6 with
onion, herbs/spices (which don't count), celery, carrot, chicken stock, black beans and tomato.
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:13 pm
by jimmylegs
having fun with it today. my brain decided it is now curry season
local goat keema, methi palak ka saag, brown basmati and faked a quick raita side to speed things up
i missed having some chutney with - will have to whip some up for next time!
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 12:11 pm
by jimmylegs
this week, am using up party season leftover dips. breakfast is down by two berry types atm. starting to run out of things. lessons learned for next year's ratios.
so, breakfast +6
-10 min steel cut oats
-black raspberries
-blueberries
-whole flax seeds
-milk
-maple syrup
am snack +8
1/4c trail mix -
almonds
walnuts
honey flax peanuts
pumpkin seeds
sunflower seeds
dried cranberries
dark choc covered quinoa puffs
dark choc chips
1. Meat, fish, poultry, egg, bean products (protein)..................................II
2. Small fish incl bones, dairy (calcium)................................................III (includes bits of milk/cream in 3 cups of tea/coffee)
3. Green and yellow vegetables (carotene, plus other vitamins and minerals)...II
4. Other vegetables and fruits (vitamin C, plus other vitamins and minerals)....IIII
5. Grains, potato, bread (carbohydrates)...............................................III
6. Cooking oil, nut and seed oils, nuts and seeds (fat)................................III
Re: 1985 Japan called:"Consume 30 Different Food Items Each
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 3:42 pm
by jimmylegs
today i'm reading about two large early day food inputs being better in a few ways, than 6 small distributed ones. may try pushing more content earlier. not prepared to stop eating for the day at noon, mind you! less and less over the course of the day i can deal with.