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Q: Are There Any Health Risks to a Repeditive Diet?

asked by: Cam on March 5th, 2005

New User

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?

Replies(7)

Justin_Toronto

replied on March 5th, 2005

Experienced User

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

Tamadrummer

replied on March 6th, 2005

Active User, very eHealthy

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! :)

Cam

replied on March 6th, 2005

New User

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?

Justin_Toronto

replied on March 6th, 2005

Experienced User

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.Htm l

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

Justin_Toronto

replied on March 6th, 2005

Experienced User

cam wrote:

mshanson

replied on March 6th, 2005

Experienced User

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).

mshanson

replied on March 6th, 2005

Experienced User

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).

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