Crazy new diet suggests eating one fruit per meal -- and nothing else! BY ROVENIA BROCK PHD - 22 NOVEMBER 2013 Monomeals diet suggests eating just one food per meal iVillages resident nutritionist comments on why the Monomeals diet may not be good for your health. There’s a new diet craze that’s so crazy this nutritionist had to say something about it. It’s called monomeals because you eat just one -- that’s right, one -- food per meal (usually a fruit or raw vegetable). Think pineapple for breakfast, mango for lunch, perhaps two avocados for dinner, or even -- bananas for the entire week! The monomeals fad assumes that eating one food at a time is easier to digest. Not so. Consuming a varied diet of wholesome, nutritious food that includes 50 percent colourful vegetables and fruits; 25 percent nuts, seeds, beans, eggs, with fish, chicken, turkey; and 25 percent unprocessed, whole, sprouted grains (think Ezekiel breads, cereals, quinoa, spelt), provides the full compliment of life-sustaining nutrition your body needs to get you through the day. Eating a single-food diet could be a set up for nutritional deficiencies -- namely protein, calcium, iron, zinc, vitamin D and vitamin B12. Its the process of combining protein and complex carbs in the same meal thats healthy and can be a boon to your weight-loss goals. It stabilises your blood sugar and insulin levels, cuts cravings and helps you to eat less. Monomeals proponents maintain that eating one food at a time helps you to eat less. They say having one food in your mouth will make you fully appreciate when you’re full. What? The fact is it takes 20 minutes for your stomach to send the message to your brain that you are full -- no matter what you’re eating. Just slow down and viola! You actually eat less when you listen to your body. But you must feed your body. The monomeals diet has been around for a long time, its not really new. Its called a Food Jag. (In toddlers its called the Terrible Twos. They eat just one food, maybe chicken, for weeks, but eventually grow out of it). Bottom line? Your body needs nutrients, in the proper quantities, for normal bodily function. There is no food that can do that on its own, hence every nutritionists recommendation to eat a variety of foods. Thats based on science -- not a fad on social media. Read more: Crazy new diet suggests eating one fruit per meal -- and nothing else! | iVillage UK ivillage.co.uk/monomeals-diet-suggests-eating-one-fruit-meal-and-nothing-else/169021?nlcid=ud%7C11-25-2013%7C#ixzz2lgw6F6eq Parenting: Information & advice
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