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Plant Based foods

gloriajean — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 02:20:38 GMT

Has anyone ever tried this? We are trying it for two days now. My husband's pain management doctor wants him to try it and sent him lots of information and recipes. So I have to do it too, so we can be on it together. She, the doctor, says that eating the plant based way actually reverses your symptoms and he has Neuropathy.

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spumoni99 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 02:22:33 GMT

Its definitely healthier for your heart, I feel like red meat is almost like poison to your body, I rarely eat it.

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spumoni99 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 02:25:00 GMT

This is very interesting, my husband has neuropathy, I will let him know about the benefits of a plant based diet.

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Imaoldhippie — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:16:12 GMT

Is plant based just vegetable and fruits including potatoes?

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Desertdi — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:14:54 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
Is plant based just vegetable and fruits including potatoes?M

@Imaoldhippie

I think this refers to SOY OR MILK BASED PROTEIN "imitation meat".

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World Traveler — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:01:34 GMT

I tried the plant-based foods only regime and I felt really good. Watched the Forks Over Knives video and also would purchase the magazines named the same.

One thing about the way the magazines mentioned on how to eat was to eat as much/little as you want. There was no calorie counting, which I was glad of; there was no weighing of food, which I was also glad of. Because these types of foods are dense in nutrients, I had no problem with hunger pangs; there were none.

Don't know how I got off that way of eating, but it had nothing to do with the plant-based foods, which were wholesome and tasty. I also purchased organic whenever that was a choice in the store.

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cindyNC — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:10:59 GMT

@gloriajean Please post as to how successful this is. I would love a plant based diet but my BF is all about meat.

I dislike lettuce salads, so most of our veggies come from broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach and some mixed frozen veggies. I do make a pasta salad with plant based pasta and lots/lots of veggies.

Every 6-8 weeks, I'll order from an online meal service to get things that are not readily available ........ususally meals with shrimp, steelhead trout, salmon or scallops.

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Imaoldhippie — Thu, 01 May 2025 11:46:03 GMT

@Desertdi ..............Ok thanks. I find it all confusing.

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River Song — Thu, 01 May 2025 15:14:24 GMT

America's Test Kitchen has a cookbook on plant based eating, 500 recipes, The Complete Plant Based Cookbook. It has a primer in the beginning of the cookbook that explains this way of eating in easy to understand language. In the back of the cookbook, there is an index that lists which recipes are gluten free, which I appreciate. Plus, the nutritional information for each recipe is listed in the back, along with a traditional index listing all the recipes. I have made recipes from this cookbook and can recommend it to anyone curious about this way of eating.

And, no, it's not just eating rabbit food. The recipes in the cookbook include breakfast foods, soups, stews, rice, pasta, tacos, pizza, beans, grains, salads that are not lettuce-based, fruits, and desserts. Quite a variety of dishes, not boring at all.

I think this could also be easily combined with the Mediterranean way of eating that incorporates minimal amounts of meat for those that don't want to give up meat or seafood entirely.

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Lucky Charm — Sun, 04 May 2025 03:23:47 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
@Imaoldhippie wrote:
Is plant based just vegetable and fruits including potatoes?M
@Imaoldhippie

I think this refers to SOY OR MILK BASED PROTEIN "imitation meat".

@Desertdi Wrong.

I've been eating plant based for over 20 years. No soy in my diet.

Milk is not plant based. It's from a cow.

I don't know what you mean by ''imitation meat''????

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gloriajean — Wed, 07 May 2025 13:27:12 GMT

We use almond milk. I have some avacodos to use. What suggestions do you have to these? I'm thinking of a dip, but don't know how yet.

Also, I'm concerned about getting enough protein in this food plan. We've had salads and roasted veggies with some tofu.

For those on this plan, do you count your grams of protein?

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gloriajean — Sun, 11 May 2025 13:30:02 GMT

My husband already noticed that the Neuopathy in his foot is either gone or anyway, it feels normal now. It felt rubbery when he would rub it, but no feeling in the foot. Now yes.

Today on Mother's Day he's making a chicken on the grill.

Once in a while we will have meat, his doctor said we should be on this 75% of the time and we are. Yesterday I made a lentil meatoaf, and there was a lot of steps to it, it was good, but took a long time to make. A hamburger meatloaf would have been much easier. If anyone wants that recipe I used, I'll post it. It made a huge batch, I had to use two loaf pans. He made a black bean dish in the crock pot, and that was good and easy too. Now we have something to serve my vegetarian daughter when she comes over with her family tonight. Her husband will eat chicken. He gets enough vegetarian foods. The twin girls are 8, they are Autistic and very picky eaters. I don't know what they will eat. One likes mac n cheese, the other hates anything with noodles!! Weird!

Happy Mother's Day!

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m0rgan — Sun, 11 May 2025 13:46:04 GMT

@gloriajean when you posted a similar post under recipes, I recommended the Bob's Red Mill farro veggie burger. It is really good and can be made on the grill but could possibly crumble. It has beans, spinach, etc. You really should try it. We don't eat beef, very little pork and little chicken or turkey. We have fish twice a week and mostly plant based foods. I also use Barilla high protein pasta with marinara sauce, no meat. Eggs are also a good source of protein either fried or scrambled or egg salad. I wish you and your husband well. Oh I also made stuffed peppers with quinoa. Quinoa is high in protein and can take on lots of flavors, just make sure you rinse well.

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gloriajean — Sun, 11 May 2025 19:40:53 GMT

m0rgan, thanks tor that recommendation. I wrote it down. On Tuesday morning I'll be going to Trader Joe's in a town an hour away and plan on getting some things like that. My younger daughter will be picking me up to take my older daughter to her Oncologist to get the next steps she has to take after her breast surgery. Two tumors were taken out and they had cancer in them, she is cancer free now, but proably needs radiation, and was told maybe even more chemo. Hope now. She's been thru a lot. So atter her appointment we'll go to Trader Joe's. We don't have that store inour town.

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SilleeMee — Sun, 11 May 2025 22:12:05 GMT

Whole amaranth is a staple in my diet (along with quinoa). The nutritional profile of amaranth is so good. Some people say if you eat it everyday then you don't need to take a daily multivitamin but I still do anyway.

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Teddixat — Wed, 14 May 2025 22:37:10 GMT

I don't eat red meat or pork. I eat very little chicken and Turkey but I do eat a lot of plant based protein foods. I have grown to love them,

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Sooner — Wed, 14 May 2025 23:12:35 GMT

We eat a very plant friendly diet, but do have some lean meat, and some whole grains.

The thing I think is really important is get a good app that tracks what nutrients you are getting--especially protein, calcium, fat, fiber etc. That way whatever you do you have a picture of what health benefits you might be missing.

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Natureluvr — Thu, 15 May 2025 11:22:36 GMT

I don’t eat plant based only but still avoid meat and some dairy. I supplement my protein with tofu, beans, lentils, quinoa and tempeh.

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spumoni99 — Sat, 17 May 2025 02:10:02 GMT

@SilleeMeeI am familiar with quinoa and make it often, I have never made amaranth though, how do you use it/cook it? I looked for recipes but there wasn't much info out there besides making porridge out of it.

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SilleeMee — Sat, 17 May 2025 11:17:08 GMT

@spumoni99 wrote:
@SilleeMeeI am familiar with quinoa and make it often, I have never made amaranth though, how do you use it/cook it? I looked for recipes but there wasn't much info out there besides making porridge out of it.

@spumoni99

There's quite a bit of info out there about amaranth and how to cook and use it in recipes. Not sure where you're searching but I googled it and found plenty.

Amaranth is a grain so basically use it to bake with, use it alone as a side or combined with other ingredients. Martha Stewart dot com has an amaranth page about cooking it and how to eat it. Good place for starters.