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Have you done any blood tests after going with this diet for a few months? Did you take any vitamin/mineral supplements?

doix 5y ago
> Have you done any blood tests after going with this diet for a few months? Nope, I kind of regret not doing something like that to compare before/after. I'm from the UK, you can't just go to your doctor and ask them to do random blood tests if there's nothing wrong with you. They'll politely tell you to go away. Getting them done privately didn't feel worth it, I had little faith in the DIY ones being accurate and getting it done at a clinic was too expensive last time I looked. > Did you take any vitamin/mineral supplements? I took vitamin D supplements, before and after. But that's because we get no sun in Scotland :(.
chronogram 5y ago
All those products are typically just oats, some protein powder, vitamineral powder and a bunch of flavorings, all blended into dust. You don’t chew because it’s just baby food, so I wonder what your teeth and jaw will be like in a few decades, but nutritionally it’s infinitely better than fast food. But keep in mind it’s all marketing for oats and vitamins.
- basch 5y ago
  Along the same lines, there is absolutely a middle ground between not cooking and needing to buy prepackaged food. The first step should be birdfood. Eat like a bird. Trail mix basically. It is super easy to concoct your own nut mixes buying things in bulk. The next step would be to eat fermented food like yogurt and kimchee. The next would be overnight oats, possibly combined with the yogurt and or trail mix from above. And finally would be raw greens and canned fish/bivalves and hard boiled eggs and hard cheese. Any sort of outdoor hiking, camping, wilderness preparedness diet can be adapted to indoor living. No cooking involved, minimal fridge space, some variety in texture, and anytime you need a snack or feel hunger you can pretty much eat till your hearts content. You can also combine greens, trail mix, eggs, canned meat and cheese to arrive at salad.

doix 5y ago

> Have you done any blood tests after going with this diet for a few months? Nope, I kind of regret not doing something like that to compare before/after. I'm from the UK, you can't just go to your doctor and ask them to do random blood tests if there's nothing wrong with you. They'll politely tell you to go away. Getting them done privately didn't feel worth it, I had little faith in the DIY ones being accurate and getting it done at a clinic was too expensive last time I looked. > Did you take any vitamin/mineral supplements? I took vitamin D supplements, before and after. But that's because we get no sun in Scotland :(.

chronogram 5y ago

All those products are typically just oats, some protein powder, vitamineral powder and a bunch of flavorings, all blended into dust. You don’t chew because it’s just baby food, so I wonder what your teeth and jaw will be like in a few decades, but nutritionally it’s infinitely better than fast food. But keep in mind it’s all marketing for oats and vitamins.

basch 5y ago
Along the same lines, there is absolutely a middle ground between not cooking and needing to buy prepackaged food. The first step should be birdfood. Eat like a bird. Trail mix basically. It is super easy to concoct your own nut mixes buying things in bulk. The next step would be to eat fermented food like yogurt and kimchee. The next would be overnight oats, possibly combined with the yogurt and or trail mix from above. And finally would be raw greens and canned fish/bivalves and hard boiled eggs and hard cheese. Any sort of outdoor hiking, camping, wilderness preparedness diet can be adapted to indoor living. No cooking involved, minimal fridge space, some variety in texture, and anytime you need a snack or feel hunger you can pretty much eat till your hearts content. You can also combine greens, trail mix, eggs, canned meat and cheese to arrive at salad.