I went through a phase where I was only using vegetables as condiments to my protein/fat, but I began to feel like crap. I increased my vegetable consumption up to two pounds daily and I am feeling better. I'd like to know how much vegetables the typical paleo eats. In another thread I noticed someone mention that they eat close to 1000 grams.
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I don't eat any vegetables as a source of significant calories. I've always felt loosely that vegetables e.g. spinach, broccoli, etc. or things that grow above ground that aren't fruit, are not the most optimal food sources. I guess in a survival situations I could see myself eating some leaves and tree bark and drinking my own urine but outside of that I don't eat vegetables outside of seasoning. My guiding light has always been: meat, roots, and fruits. I have a tendency to look at things from a self-sustainability point-of-view. I'm not into primal reenactment plays, but I'm into thinking about things like: Would I rather spend my primal day bent over in a field picking 1000 calories of spinach leaves or do I want to pick a potato, stab a deer, and climb a tree and call it a day? (Plus digging, killing, and climbing are all fun things to do) Of course those days I can't find anything some blades of grass will have to do but most of the time I'd prefer something a little more satisfying. Of course I may be somewhat biased, I remember as a kid sitting at the dinner table all night refusing to eat my vegetables. Also keep in mind that botanically bell peppers are fruits. |
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sporadically - either to restore leptin/insulin sensitivity (starch) or to 'clean up the system' (fiber) ||| thus, considering i have only one meal a day, i'm either completely carnivorous (meat/eggs/fish) or completely veg*n
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Almost no vegetables or fruit at all. I've never liked vegetables. |
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24 ounces of starch from potatoes daily. 8 oz carrots pretty daily. And 6-8 ounces of broccoli or cauliflower daily. All comes to about 250 grams carbohydrate per day. |
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I ususally have veggies as a side for lunch and dinner. Mostly broccolli, carrots, mushrooms and spinach. |
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don't sweat the numbers. i build my main meals on veggies and meat with some kind of fat. i don't weigh the portions or anything like that. just keep your plate full of meat and veggies and you'll be good. |
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Half a plate vegetables, half a plate of meat. Every meal, every day. Fiber is important. |
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I try and eat vegetables at every meal. Each meal I eat a large amount of meat or eggs and an equal or larger amount of vegetables. |
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I eat vegetables whenever I crave them. :) Some days, I simply do not want any vegetables. Other days, I could easily put away a pound or two in one sitting. Yesterday, for instance, I was craving sauteed bell peppers and onions like a madwoman. I wound up eating a huge dish of fajitas (sans tortillas, of course) and was completely satisfied. Today, I haven't had any veggies, but I think my dinner will consist of a huge salad to go with my grilled sirloin tonight. Two days ago, it was spinach in my scrambled eggs and I grazed on some raw veggies while I prepped my fella's stir-fry. It varies, really. Right now, my cravings are driving me toward huge salads, but last month, I couldn't get enough of steamed broccoli and zucchini. On average, however, I typically go through a couple pounds a week, plus or minus. |
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