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Why are vegetables so good for you yet so low in calories?

  • 22-04-2015 9:24am
    #1
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭


    Seriously though? If the healthiest foods for humans are vegetables and fruits should humans be aiming to make these the basis of every meal?

    Are we designed to munch on these all day? Society seems to be geared towards the thought that having a large appetite is something to feel guilty about but I think it just might the case of people just eating the wrong foods.

    I think it's impossible to survive on veg and fruit alone though.


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  • #2
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,550 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    And that's before you consider the calories burned when you're making your clothes out of hemp.

    We're 'designed' to eat what we need in order to perform like we should.


  • #3
    El_Dangeroso
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    Veggies are less about calories for ourselves and more about calories for our symbiotic gut bacteria from the fibre which guard our bodies from worse infections.

    There's also some nice vitamins and minerals and other phytonutrients along with the bargain, but calories are not the only attribute of a food your body needs.


  • #4
    crestglan
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭crestglan


    Nothing like a good home made veggi soup or weg stir fry to fill you up


  • #5
    papu
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭papu


    Micro-nutrients.
    High Water content, high fiber content.


  • #6
    ch750536
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    There are over 200 different types of nutrient. Vegetation can supply a large portion of these.

    Damn, I mean "Who make chocolate not healthyish?"


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  • #7
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    I live with this old chinese guy and he eats veg based meals at every sitting. He's very skinny.


  • #8
    crestglan
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭crestglan


    Chinese have it down to a tee my boss is Chinese in late 40's looks like she is late 20's eats veg nuts and drinks green tea all day


  • #9
    lubie76
    Registered Users Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭lubie76


    They don't fill you up though, you at least need some protein with them for satiety.


  • #10
    heldel00
    Registered Users Posts: 1,832 ✭✭✭heldel00


    Bit off topic but there was a prog on BBC this eve about over-the-counter meds versus home remedies and you would need to eat 50 fish fingers to get the same amount of Omega 3 as there is in 1 salmon fillet!
    Blew my mind a bit!


  • #11
    _Tombstone_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,006 ✭✭✭_Tombstone_


    heldel00 wrote: »
    Bit off topic but there was a prog on BBC this eve about over-the-counter meds versus home remedies and you would need to eat 50 fish fingers to get the same amount of Omega 3 as there is in 1 salmon fillet!
    Blew my mind a bit!

    Fish fingers are the scrapes off the floor when they're finished at the end of the day.


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  • #12
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,001 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    William F wrote: »
    If the healthiest foods for humans are vegetables and fruits should humans be aiming to make these the basis of every meal?
    Saying for a fact they are the healthiest foods a bit of a stretch. They are very good for you, and very goof source of some nutritions, but not all imo.
    Are we designed to munch on these all day?
    no.
    I think it's impossible to survive on veg and fruit alone though.
    It's not impossible. Lots of people do this


  • #13
    heldel00
    Registered Users Posts: 1,832 ✭✭✭heldel00


    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Fish fingers are the scrapes off the floor when they're finished at the end of the day.

    I haven't eaten a fish finger in 20+ years. Just giving the stat from the show.

    (4months pregnant with a very dodgy stomach at the best of times and the thought of eating a fish finger makes me want to vom!)


  • #14
    crestglan
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭crestglan


    Had fish fingers last week for dinner it was one of those days wrecked from work got home went to fridge to find nothing but eggs in there had fish fingers in freezer put them in frying pan sat down to eat them and as hungry as I was could not finish even 1 absolutley no taste off them when I was a kid I used to love them smothered in red sauce but defianetly not the same now


  • #15
    Tar.Aldarion
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    lubie76 wrote: »
    They don't fill you up though, you at least need some protein with them for satiety.

    Well you should eat protein with your meals anyway! But believe me, if I've eat 2kg veg during the day at no point am I feeling hungry! The only thing that would make me feel less that fully satiated is if I've eaten something sugary, for the next day I would feel cravings.


  • #16
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    Well you should eat protein with your meals anyway! But believe me, if I've eat 2kg veg during the day at no point am I feeling hungry! The only thing that would make me feel less that fully satiated is if I've eaten something sugary, for the next day I would feel cravings.

    You eat 2kg of vg a day?

    I'm aiming to increase my iron intake from veg alone, any recommendations on what veg is best for that?


  • #17
    _Tombstone_
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    William F wrote: »
    You eat 2kg of vg a day?

    I'm aiming to increase my iron intake from veg alone, any recommendations on what veg is best for that?

    Seaweed


  • #18
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Seaweed

    where do i get that?


  • #19
    howamidifferent
    Registered Users Posts: 1,817 ✭✭✭howamidifferent


    Try a beach.


  • #20
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    William F wrote: »
    You eat 2kg of vg a day?

    I'm aiming to increase my iron intake from veg alone, any recommendations on what veg is best for that?

    Some days, you eat a lot of veg as a vegan. I actually have to avoid iron as I absorb more than other people.
    As the poster above says, try spinach, I think if you take it with vitamic c you absorb more? Can't remember.

    Here's a list
    http://www.vrg.org/nutrition/iron.php


  • #21
    blatantrereg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    Yes eating vitamin C with vegetable sources of iron improves their absorption. Animal sources of iron do not require this. (AKA non-heme and heme iron respectively.)

    I wouldn't eat seaweed in large quantities because of the salt content.

    Concentrated tomatoes are easy to overlook in terms of nutrition. Very high in iron and potassium. Most people don't eat enough potassium. Increasing potassium intake is highly effective at reducing blood pressure.

    Lentils are shown to make you feel fuller for longer than most foods, and are recommended for controlling obesity for this reason. They are also a good source of iron and protein and generally one of the most nutritious foods available. You should soak them before cooking to reduce phytic acid to improve absorption of nutrients.

    I make big batches of red lentil dal which combines both the above foods. Keeps well and reheating improves flavour. Very convenient tasty and nutritious.


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  • #22
    _Tombstone_
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    William F wrote: »
    where do i get that?

    Little health shop near me has it, I'd imagine they all stock it.

    Theirs Irish seaweed, I'd get them over the Japanese.

    Its horrible stuff but iron wise its the highest.

    Spinach out of lidl probably be the best option though.


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