The MORE I read............

[JKurz1]

how much daily in oats??

 

[ProtienFiend]

thats were supps like multi vits, mineral pills, etc come in, honey!

No supplement can give you all the nutrients found in fruits and vegetables and vice versa... its probably best to use both.

 

[JKurz1]

I havent had a piece of fruit in YEARS........hardly the case.

 

[bran987]

I havent had a piece of fruit in YEARS........hardly the case.

but you had like 3 threads where you talked about how you implementing a banana PWO as your carb source

 

[Stryc-9]

My problem with the steel cut oats seems to be indigestion - I can eat the rolled oats without trouble - but for some reason the steel cut oats don't sit well. It sucks because I enjoy the taste, quality, etc., bah....I've opted for oatbran in it's place.

 

[JKurz1]

My problem with the steel cut oats seems to be indigestion - I can eat the rolled oats without trouble - but for some reason the steel cut oats don't sit well. It sucks because I enjoy the taste, quality, etc., bah....I've opted for oatbran in it's place.

Man, I eat it daily with zero problems and my stomach is sensitive as hell.....makes me feel a litle full if I have them in the pm, but as a first meal, I'm good to go...

Bran - it was a thought, but got slammed by too many people for replacing liver glyogen.......I do take back what I said, I experienmented with a grapefruit in my first meal (1/2) but that lasted 10 days max....just didnt care for it....

Problem is, when I was in Costa Rica 2 years ago, I had an apple that wa so tainted with a pesticide, that I was literally keeled over, seconds from getting flown back to the states from being diagnosed with a ruptured appendix....that's how much pain I was in.....they thought my appendix shattered......surely you know how hard it is to eat something when you get fing sick from it.......might be able to stomach a granny smith cause it's tart, but not sure....

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Well let's see...

If you used one complex carb source, let's say oats, and about 0.5-1.0 lbs. of lettuce daily, what would you be missing out on. How much unhealthier can it really be to eat oats and lettuce, rather than oats, yams, brown rice and lettuce? Show me what nutrients are significantly devoid there.

And even if there are a few (which I doubt, but I'm not positive), a multivitamin and mineral with a high bio-availability can counteract the lack of nutrition. People say the regular food is better, but I really don't see how this is true. As long as the vitamin you have is being absorbed enough to equal the amount of nutrition you would get from the regular food, there would be no difference, aside from the lack of substance in your stomach, but that's not the issue.

The only real issue that would present itself would be the boredom of consuming the same thing day in, day out, in extreme amounts. I could know. Ten servings of oats a day for a month or so. It killed me after awhile. If you can get past that, go right ahead and eat the same complex carb source. Make sure to have veggies. That's where most people miss out on health. Vegetables. Romaine lettuce especially.

Fiber too. Make sure to get fiber from something. Ground up flax seeds provide this along with other benefits.

 

[bran987]

Problem is, when I was in Costa Rica 2 years ago, I had an apple that wa so tainted with a pesticide, that I was literally keeled over, seconds from getting flown back to the states from being diagnosed with a ruptured appendix....that's how much pain I was in.....they thought my appendix shattered......surely you know how hard it is to eat something when you get fing sick from it.......might be able to stomach a granny smith cause it's tart, but not sure....

oh god
getting that sick in a foreign country is THE WORST
personally, I eat a banana for breakfast sometimes cause I like them
but I think fruit is mostly sugar and any little vitamins in them can be mostly found elsewhere and frankly aren't worth all the simple carbs, especially when it's an act of god to keep my waist in check even while eating healthy

 

[Tom Treutlein]

Fruit is mostly water and fiber.

 

[bran987]

Fruit is mostly water and fiber.

but calorically the calories come more from sugar than fiber, as opposed to vegetables which more calories come from fiber than sugar

right?