my diet, please give opions on!

newguy1972

Breakfast

40grams of oats with 2 teaspoons of natural yogurt mixed in
2 boiled eggs (whites only)
chopped apple mandrin with one teaspoon of peanut butter mixed in

lunch
chicken or tuna salad lately with
mixed lettuce
onions
sweetcorn
walnuts or cashew nuts
boiled egg white.


Dinner
Salmon or chicken or turkey (oven baked) no oil
with rather
mixed lettuce peppers sweetcorn beetroot nuts chopped
apple tomato spinach onions garlic ginger

or
steamed veg
spinach brocoli peppers onions garlic ginger mangetout
baby sweetcorn baby carrots


Late night snack
corn crackers with ham and tesco garlic and chive spread.
green tea

one day of the week i have some chocolate and a wholemeal
pita bread filled with humus, can someone fell me is humus good or bad?


THANKS

Sapsorrow

Hummous is great depending on what type of oil and how much oil is in it. The homemade stuff is great as you can use olive oil and put a lot less in than the stuff in the shops, tesco one's made with veg oil and has a lot in it. You may need to up your complex carb intake by adding in the healthy reccomended daily intake of carb rich foods. You seem to be shying away from them a bit! Lot of meat in there too and eggs which isn't necessarily a bad thing esp if you're very active but maybe try incorporating some other protein sources into your diet like beans and lentils as you will get fibre from these too as variety is always the best preventative measure in nutrition. Are you getting a good variety of fish in your diet? Good work on the fruit and veg though!

all_smilz

im no expert but you can probably eat the Yolks of the eggs....

boiled egg white? BLEH!

newguy1972

thanks what carbs should i have? i have fish most days,

and i really dont like egg yoks,


also i love fruit, is there such a thing as too much, i love snacking on apples, blueberries blackberries rasberries (yum) i know fruit have high
sugar, should i not eat loads fruit?

thanks

Sapsorrow

Presuming you're not a coeliac or don't have a gluten intolerance, any WHOLE-grain is ok. They're important because they contain minerals that may be hard to get sufficient amounts of from other sources, they contain slow release sugars bound up in the fibrous parts which keep you feeling satiated for longer and your energy levels more constant whilst warding off cravings and they're your best source of insoluble and in some cases soluble fibre.

The oats are great because they contain beta glucans (a type of soluble fibre) which stimulate your immune system and ward off cancer and heart disease and unsaturated fatty acids which are not prone to oxidation (which creates free radicals in your body which promote both ageing and cancer) like they would be in other sources such as nuts and seeds.
Otherwise go for a variety of grains and try not to get stuck in the wheat rut, my routine is rye bread for breakfast, oatcakes and lunch and then usually brown rice at dinner. But you can also try quinoa (which I happen to be intolerant to), wheat, buckwheat (makes GREAT pancakes), millet, sorghum, spelt etc..
Go to your local health food shop and see what stuff they have in the grains and flour section and look up recipes online usually these things are very versatile.

There is such a thing as too much fruit, especially if your a woman and are prone to candida (are you male or female? I'm thinking male...) But apples and berries are great, apples have good soluble fibre in them called pectins, and are good for keeping away hunger pangs and cravings.
Berries as most people know are full of antioxidants good for slowing the ageing process and preventing cancerous cells from forming.
These types of fruits from the northern hemispere are relatively bitter anyway, it's the tropical fruits like mangos and pineapples that you should consumer as more of a treat if you're trying to maintain a healthy weight or stabilise your blood sugar.

On the note of fish i don't know what types you eat most regularly but try to keep tinned tuna down to a few times a month as it can contain high levels of mercury a heavy metal which can build up in your obody causing toxicity over time. If you go for salmon try to get wild salmon as despite the ecological impacts of eating wild fish they are not pumped full of dodgy growth hormones and colouring agents like many factory farmed products on the market.

Also if you tend to consume a lot of nuts and seeds it is best to buy organic as plants concentrate toxins in their seeds and nuts and also try to buy ones that are in airtight (preferably foiled) packs and keep them in the fridge as they are prone to oxidation.

I think you're diets great otherwise and you would set a really good example to most of the rest of the population well done!