Thread: advice: diet & calories

Thanks zakity for the recipe!!! That sounds really good. great for salads or a little modified for perhaps some polenta! thank you!

I concur with Grainlady. Your diet appears to be very low fat vegan which can be very healthy and great for weight loss (as in Dr McDougall's program) but in your case the calories are far too few. I'd add healthy vegetable fats.

wheat grem and avocados are healthy foods that tend to be higher in calories Wheat germ was added to many things when my daughter needed to up her calories. Peanutbutter is also a high calorie food (daughter added this to many foods and would eat it off a spoon) The natural varieties are just ground peanuts. You can even make it in a food processor.

You need fats. This would include avocado, nuts (peanut butter) and olives. You can also add olive oil to your vegetable dishes. Adding vegetable oils to vegetable and bean dishes helps your body absorb the nutrients better, too. Do you eat eggs? Yolks are high in fat. Tahini (sesame seed paste) has a fair amount of fat. Do you like hummous? Coconut milk is also high in fat. You can find cans of it in the ethnic section, it makes good curries...

Here is a dressing recipe: Basic Creamy Dressing 1 c. raw cashews or tahini 1 small clove garlic 2 T. miso juice of 1 lemon 3 dates, soaked pure water or fresh juice Combine ingredients in blender and blend to desired consistency. Add more liquid if necessary. (I usually start with just enough water or juice to cover the blades of the blender, then see if it needs more.)