Since i was a child i have turned my nose up at 90% of veggies, I literally gag when trying to eat them. Im now 25 yrs old, 6 feet 2", weight at 13 stone. My body is filled out ok, but my arms/legs seem, well, out of proportion to my mid rift, im no where near fat, i run 5 times a week for 30mins, i am in the army so i get plenty of exercise.
I was just wondering if it is because i dont get the right nutrients from veggies, that my body/health is suffering, im trying to find out what i can do to help myself, like taking certain vitamin supplements or any way i can force veggies into my system without totally gagging.
My current diet is kinda horrible, alot of processed foods, pizza, chips, breaded fish, chicken burgers, all the bad stuff =).
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi seth8812,
You should be worrying mate, if it was me I would be terrified. Forget supplements, for a start multi-vitamins showed a strong correlation with an increased risk of cancer, so strong they stopped the trial early, other supplements have shown an increased risk of cancer under certain conditions, try to get your nutrients from vegetables by masking their taste, try casseroles, stir frying, making vegetable pizza's or mix them with meat, chicken, fish to make hamburger patties or something like this, necessity is the mother of invention, and boy you need to do it.
As you get older more things will go wrong with an under-nourished immune system, even blood vessels, tendons and ligaments require vitamin C to make collagen for strength. Asian meals have some great ways to mask taste by utilising herbs and sauces.
When you are training babies to add foods to their diets it is sometimes necessary to get them to eat at least a teaspoonful up to 12 times before they can adapt to a new unpleasant tasting food, have you tried this approach.
Watch the morally bankrupt salesmen/women on here they would try to see refrigerators to Eskimos, use food and remember what your new president says "Yes you can"
Cheers and good luck
You should be worrying mate, if it was me I would be terrified. Forget supplements, for a start multi-vitamins showed a strong correlation with an increased risk of cancer, so strong they stopped the trial early, other supplements have shown an increased risk of cancer under certain conditions, try to get your nutrients from vegetables by masking their taste, try casseroles, stir frying, making vegetable pizza's or mix them with meat, chicken, fish to make hamburger patties or something like this, necessity is the mother of invention, and boy you need to do it.
As you get older more things will go wrong with an under-nourished immune system, even blood vessels, tendons and ligaments require vitamin C to make collagen for strength. Asian meals have some great ways to mask taste by utilising herbs and sauces.
When you are training babies to add foods to their diets it is sometimes necessary to get them to eat at least a teaspoonful up to 12 times before they can adapt to a new unpleasant tasting food, have you tried this approach.
Watch the morally bankrupt salesmen/women on here they would try to see refrigerators to Eskimos, use food and remember what your new president says "Yes you can"
Cheers and good luck
Ok, now i am getting a little scared.
I have come to the conclusion that I could never sit at a table like normal people, and eat vegetables like they do. I have decided that i will blend up differant vegetables/fruits and try to make differant smoothies/milkshakes. Would this tactic be sufficient to help me?
The problem I face now, is how to make them? What ingrediant is capable of masking the taste of all the horrid tasting veggies? How many times would i need to make and drink these every week?
I will try and google for answers, but any advice here would be appreciated, thanks.
Seth.
I have come to the conclusion that I could never sit at a table like normal people, and eat vegetables like they do. I have decided that i will blend up differant vegetables/fruits and try to make differant smoothies/milkshakes. Would this tactic be sufficient to help me?
The problem I face now, is how to make them? What ingrediant is capable of masking the taste of all the horrid tasting veggies? How many times would i need to make and drink these every week?
I will try and google for answers, but any advice here would be appreciated, thanks.
Seth.
Hi seth8812,
Have you discussed this with a dietitian, I would imagine they would often be confronted with this dilemma.
I don't know anything about shakes. in Australian they haven't caught on yet, but it seems a bizzare way to eat vegetables, I would have thought meat flavoured casseroles loaded with vegetables would have been more appealing to your taste.
Cheers
Have you discussed this with a dietitian, I would imagine they would often be confronted with this dilemma.
I don't know anything about shakes. in Australian they haven't caught on yet, but it seems a bizzare way to eat vegetables, I would have thought meat flavoured casseroles loaded with vegetables would have been more appealing to your taste.
Cheers
I'm not fond of veggies either, so what I do is make a smoothie every morning with sweetened almond milk and a teaspoon each of spirulina and chlorella powder. You cud experiment with different green powders to find the one that tastes best to you, but these 2 are the most potent.
Don't be afraid to use nutritional supplements, especially ones derived from whole foods. I've been taking them for 30 years now and don't have any problems like most people my age.
Don't be afraid to use nutritional supplements, especially ones derived from whole foods. I've been taking them for 30 years now and don't have any problems like most people my age.
Great article indeed.
Hi Seth - I think your dislike of veggies is, unfortuantely, a common one. Many people don't realize how much flavor vegetables offer if you cook them the right way. I think drinking smoothies is a great way to get your daily dose of fruits and veggies. In addition, I recommend eating homemade soups - they usually have multiple ingredients with loads of nutrients, but they are one-pot meals so they are easy to prepare. Here's one of my favorite high-vegetable content soups that takes abouto 30 minutes to make.
Chickpea and Cannellini Minestrone
Ingredients:
Extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. dried rosemary
1 medium onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 bay leaf
1 14-oz. can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 14-oz. cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 medium carrot, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 14-oz. can diced tomatoes
8 cups vegetable broth
1 lb. kale or spinach
Salt and pepper
1 cup ditalini or tortellini pasta
Romano cheese
Directions:
Heat oil over medium heat and add rosemary, onion, garlic, and bay leaf over medium heat. Add beans, carrots, celery, tomatoes, broth, and kale. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Stir in raw pasta and return to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and cook for 10 minutes (or until vegetables are tender and pasta is al dente). Remove soup from heat and adjust seasonings, as needed. Sprinkle servings with Romano cheese.
Another delicious way to eat vegetables is to roast them in the oven with a little olive oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary. Or you can saute veggies like spinach or mushrooms in a pan with olive oil, garlic, salt and seasonings of your choice. If you're interested in more healthful recipes that incorporate lots of vegetables, check out my blog, where I will be posting some of my favorite recipes: http://www.deperatelyseekingbalance.wordpress.com
Good luck!
Chickpea and Cannellini Minestrone
Ingredients:
Extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp. dried rosemary
1 medium onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 bay leaf
1 14-oz. can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
2 14-oz. cans cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
1 medium carrot, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 14-oz. can diced tomatoes
8 cups vegetable broth
1 lb. kale or spinach
Salt and pepper
1 cup ditalini or tortellini pasta
Romano cheese
Directions:
Heat oil over medium heat and add rosemary, onion, garlic, and bay leaf over medium heat. Add beans, carrots, celery, tomatoes, broth, and kale. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Stir in raw pasta and return to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and cook for 10 minutes (or until vegetables are tender and pasta is al dente). Remove soup from heat and adjust seasonings, as needed. Sprinkle servings with Romano cheese.
Another delicious way to eat vegetables is to roast them in the oven with a little olive oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary. Or you can saute veggies like spinach or mushrooms in a pan with olive oil, garlic, salt and seasonings of your choice. If you're interested in more healthful recipes that incorporate lots of vegetables, check out my blog, where I will be posting some of my favorite recipes: http://www.deperatelyseekingbalance.wordpress.com
Good luck!
Hi Seth:
I used to feel the same way about vegetables as you do now. There was nothing I could do to gag them down. So I did what I thought I never could do, found a reputable weight loss hypnosis therapist. It worked wonderfully. I eat many vegetables, still learning to eat some others. But I have been at it for a little over 1 year. I have lost weight, I exercise - mainly walking and my blood pressure and heart rate make my doctor's smile.
If you can find a reputable hypnotist in your area, I would recommend it. If you would like to more about my experience, I would be happy to share.
Good luck,
Vicki
I used to feel the same way about vegetables as you do now. There was nothing I could do to gag them down. So I did what I thought I never could do, found a reputable weight loss hypnosis therapist. It worked wonderfully. I eat many vegetables, still learning to eat some others. But I have been at it for a little over 1 year. I have lost weight, I exercise - mainly walking and my blood pressure and heart rate make my doctor's smile.
If you can find a reputable hypnotist in your area, I would recommend it. If you would like to more about my experience, I would be happy to share.
Good luck,
Vicki
Hi Seth,
I understand your problems with veggies. They can be hard to take at times. There are many ways you can cook them. I usually saute them with oil and garlic on low heat to preserve their nutrients.
With that being said, I think you need to focus also on the other aspects of your diet (i.e. processed and breaded foods). You can add some veggies, but if you are still consuming these other foods, it can still be a detriment to your health. If you do anything cold turkey, it may not last. The best thing to do is to slowly wean yourself off these foods while slowly replacing them with whole foods. Once your body gets used to these "better" foods, you may find yourself developing a palette for veggies in time. I wouldnt be so consumed on just getting your veggies. I think there are more important things to focus on and it would be good to look at your entire diet. I lowered my cholesterol 30 points by just lowering my grain and sugar content and using some high quality supplements. If you need any more help, just ask.
P.S. People may not agree with me on this, but some people cannot tolerate veggies, and it may not be the best thing to force them down your throat right now. Eating a food that you loathe may compromise digestion which would cancel out a lot of the health benefits of eating them in the first place...just something to think about.
To your health,
Jenna
I understand your problems with veggies. They can be hard to take at times. There are many ways you can cook them. I usually saute them with oil and garlic on low heat to preserve their nutrients.
With that being said, I think you need to focus also on the other aspects of your diet (i.e. processed and breaded foods). You can add some veggies, but if you are still consuming these other foods, it can still be a detriment to your health. If you do anything cold turkey, it may not last. The best thing to do is to slowly wean yourself off these foods while slowly replacing them with whole foods. Once your body gets used to these "better" foods, you may find yourself developing a palette for veggies in time. I wouldnt be so consumed on just getting your veggies. I think there are more important things to focus on and it would be good to look at your entire diet. I lowered my cholesterol 30 points by just lowering my grain and sugar content and using some high quality supplements. If you need any more help, just ask.
P.S. People may not agree with me on this, but some people cannot tolerate veggies, and it may not be the best thing to force them down your throat right now. Eating a food that you loathe may compromise digestion which would cancel out a lot of the health benefits of eating them in the first place...just something to think about.
To your health,
Jenna
Hi Jenna Health,
Your right Jenna some people may disagree with you on this, people like nutritionists, scientists, dietitians, doctors and scientifically trained naturopaths, and the reason for this is simply because you are not right.
Regardless of how much time and effort you put into eating correctly, ie getting your nutrients from diet NOT supplements, it is still the best option.
We are not trying to score points here we are trying to give the best, most accurate information that we currently have at our finger tips (researched and proven).
By getting your nutrients from supplements you are missing out on a whole range of healthy foods, vegetables, and it is much better for you to gradually attempt to overcome your revulsion to that food by attempting to eat it in small quantities, the same as you train a baby to eat new foods that don't taste so well.
Just look at the difficulties good mothers have in trying to get "bub" to eat vegetables for the first time, babies throw up, they spit it out, they wont open their mouth, in fact they do everything they can to con new mum into giving them something more tasty that they enjoy, and they will always enjoy sweet rather than sour.
Good mums don't give up they gradually increase the amount of the offending food until bub starts to eat it easily, and a lot of adults have benefited from this perseverance by re-education their taste buds.
Jenna how can it compromise digestion and cancel health benefits? You actually enhance health when you eat the food Hominidae (taxonomically) Homo sapiens (latin "wise human" or "knowing human" were meant to eat, not eating manufactured product designed to make profit more than make health.
Cheers
Your right Jenna some people may disagree with you on this, people like nutritionists, scientists, dietitians, doctors and scientifically trained naturopaths, and the reason for this is simply because you are not right.
Regardless of how much time and effort you put into eating correctly, ie getting your nutrients from diet NOT supplements, it is still the best option.
We are not trying to score points here we are trying to give the best, most accurate information that we currently have at our finger tips (researched and proven).
By getting your nutrients from supplements you are missing out on a whole range of healthy foods, vegetables, and it is much better for you to gradually attempt to overcome your revulsion to that food by attempting to eat it in small quantities, the same as you train a baby to eat new foods that don't taste so well.
Just look at the difficulties good mothers have in trying to get "bub" to eat vegetables for the first time, babies throw up, they spit it out, they wont open their mouth, in fact they do everything they can to con new mum into giving them something more tasty that they enjoy, and they will always enjoy sweet rather than sour.
Good mums don't give up they gradually increase the amount of the offending food until bub starts to eat it easily, and a lot of adults have benefited from this perseverance by re-education their taste buds.
Jenna how can it compromise digestion and cancel health benefits? You actually enhance health when you eat the food Hominidae (taxonomically) Homo sapiens (latin "wise human" or "knowing human" were meant to eat, not eating manufactured product designed to make profit more than make health.
Cheers
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