Are There Any Health Risks to a Repeditive Diet? Posted: 03-05-05 19:59pm
For the past while for convenience sake I
have been eating very close to the same
thing every day. Here is what I eat most
days:
breakfast:
very high fibre bran cereal with low fat
high calcium milk.
A bowl of blueberries and natural yoghurt.
A glass of orange juice
lunch
home made frozen and reheated salmon
burgers containing:
- lemon juice
- egg
- dijon mustard
- canned salmon
- onion
- unprocessed bran
- wholemeal flour
-a little olive oil
i have this with cooked spinach and canned
crushed tomato on multigrain bread.
Afternoon snack:
blueberry jam on toast.
Dinner:
fried tofu and onion stewed in canned
crashed tomato on long grain brown rice or
wholemeal pasta with frozen green beans,
broccoli and carrots cooked in the
microwave.
A glass of grape juice
desert:
a navel orange
a glass of soy milk.
Is there anything I should be concerend
about with eating this most days?
Any potentially bad long term side
effects?
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Justin_Toronto
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 418 Location: Toronto, ON
Posted: 03-05-05 21:51pm
The only thing you really need to worry
about is potentially not getting in all
the proper nutrients / vitamins in your
current daily diet. It is extremely
difficult to have a balanced diet every
day, usually you're lacking one thing or
another. I don't have time to research
the nutrition info in everything you're
current eating at the moment.. (it's
saturday night, just about to go out).
But break it down and see if you're
meeting your daily requirements in all
areas. As long as you're up to speed on
everything, there really are not any
serious health risks with having the same
diet every day.
Take care,
justin
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 03-06-05 07:57am
Your diet looks fantastic with the
exception of the salmon. Salmon and many
other fishes are wonderful but need to be
eaten in moderation due to the high
mercury content in them.
You should go to your doctor and have some
blood testing done and also show him/her
your daily diet routine.
The worst part about a high fish diet is
getting heavy metals into your body and
not knowing it at all. It is tasteless,
odorless and easily ingestable but once it
is in there, you cannot get it out.
Fish 2 to 4 times a week is the newest
reccomendation.
Good luck and I hope your diet does all
you need it to for you! :)
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Cam
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 6
Posted: 03-06-05 17:43pm
Hi, thanks for your replies,
with the salmon I have 206 grams 4 days a
week. Does each meal of salmon I eat put
mercury in my system that can never get
out or does it work differently from that?
Should I consider removing salmon from
my diet and find ulternate sorces of omega
3s and protien?
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Justin_Toronto
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 418 Location: Toronto, ON
Posted: 03-06-05 18:19pm
cam
wrote:
hi, thanks for your
replies,
with the salmon I have 206 grams 4 days a
week. Does each meal of salmon I eat
put mercury in my system that can never
get out or does it work differently from
that? Should I consider removing salmon
from my diet and find ulternate sorces of
omega 3s and
protien?
hi cam.
Tamadrummer is right about seafood and
mercury. Although salmon has very low
mercury levels (along with shrimp, crab,
cod, clams, scallops, canned light tuna,
canned salmon, pollock, and catfish etc.)
rule of thumb is that you should not
exceed 12oz. Of this low-mercury seafood
per week. There are some fish that have
much higher levels of mercury, such as
shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and
tilefish.
Here is a list of fish and how much
mercury they contain. You'll notice that
salmon is listed as nd, meaning the
mercury levels are so low they can't be
detected. Http://www.Cfsan.Fda
.Gov/~frf/sea-mehg.Html
there are also some brands of salmon that
boast "mercury free" and "no toxins", such
as vital choice wild red salmon. There
are other companies too, but this is just
one that comes to mind.
There are many alternate sources for
omega-3 efa's and protein, such as:
- green leafy vegetables (omega-3 only)
- soy products (including tofu) (both)
- nuts such as flax seed (both)
- cooking oils such as flax seed oil,
canola oil, soybean oil (omega-3 only)
- some eggs such as omega-3 enhanced eggs
(both)
hope this helps,
justin
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Justin_Toronto
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Jan 2005 Posts: 418 Location: Toronto, ON
Posted: 03-06-05 18:19pm
cam
wrote:
hi, thanks for your
replies,
with the salmon I have 206 grams 4 days a
week. Does each meal of salmon I eat
put mercury in my system that can never
get out or does it work differently from
that? Should I consider removing salmon
from my diet and find ulternate sorces of
omega 3s and
protien?
hi cam.
Tamadrummer is right about seafood and
mercury. Although salmon has very low
mercury levels (along with shrimp, crab,
cod, clams, scallops, canned light tuna,
canned salmon, pollock, and catfish etc.)
rule of thumb is that you should not
exceed 12oz. Of this low-mercury seafood
per week. There are some fish that have
much higher levels of mercury, such as
shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and
tilefish.
Here is a list of fish and how much
mercury they contain. You'll notice that
salmon is listed as nd, meaning the
mercury levels are so low they can't be
detected. Http://www.Cfsan.Fda
.Gov/~frf/sea-mehg.Html
there are also some brands of salmon that
boast "mercury free" and "no toxins", such
as vital choice wild red salmon. There
are other companies too, but this is just
one that comes to mind.
There are many alternate sources for
omega-3 efa's and protein, such as:
- green leafy vegetables (omega-3 only)
- soy products (including tofu) (both)
- nuts such as flax seed (both)
- cooking oils such as flax seed oil,
canola oil, soybean oil (omega-3 only)
- some eggs such as omega-3 enhanced eggs
(both)
hope this helps,
justin
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mshanson
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 102 Location: California
Posted: 03-06-05 23:40pm
Your diet sounds very halthy &
balanced to me. The only issue is that
you may want to vary your fruits &
vegetables, for health & variety (you
don't want to get bored of eating, then
you might reach for less healthy choices).
The other thing is the fish --- are the
salmon burgers made from wild alaskan
salmon? Some salmon has been found to
have high mercury levels, so you may not
want to eat salmon every day. Maybe some
days you could substitute a veggie burger
or some other kind of fish (tuna, cod) or
maybe even eggs (the organic, omega-3
free-range eggs are good for you, if you
limit the yolks to 4 per week).
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mshanson
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 102 Location: California
Posted: 03-06-05 23:40pm
Your diet sounds very healthy &
balanced to me. The only issue is that
you may want to vary your fruits &
vegetables, for health & variety (you
don't want to get bored of eating, then
you might reach for less healthy choices).
The other thing is the fish --- are the
salmon burgers made from wild alaskan
salmon? Some salmon has been found to
have high mercury levels, so you may not
want to eat salmon every day. Maybe some
days you could substitute a veggie burger
or some other kind of fish (tuna, cod) or
maybe even eggs (the organic, omega-3
free-range eggs are good for you, if you
limit the yolks to 4 per week).
