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winter wrote:1. I've found that in many Paleo/Low Carb documents that meat products are the only source of usable Vitamin A. And although our bodies can convert vegetable sources to a usable form - we would have to eat bushels of carrots/sweet potatoes just to meet our daily requirements.
2. Legumes are referred to as an incomplete protein because they are low in one amino acid. Thus people often say to eat rice and beans to compliment each other. But what if you ignored that? Couldn't you theoretically just keep consuming legumes by themselves and eventually you would get enough of that one amino acid? By the way that one amino acid is called methionine. A few studies even suggest that restricting it would be beneficial to preventing cancer.
3. Any concerns about a Mary's Mini diet using nothing but Legumes and Raw Saurkraut?
Levels of vitamin A low enough to cause symptomatic deficiency are uncommon in people of normal health in industrialized nations. Symptoms of deficiency may include, but are not limited to, loss of appetite, poor immune function causing frequent infections (especially respiratory), hair loss, rashes, dry skin and eyes, visual difficulties including night blindness, poor growth, and fatigue.
colonyofcells wrote: In the picture book cover page, in the list of starches, beans come first so I would assume it is ok to use beans as the main starch staple.
Beans and sauerkraut looks like a good combination if you don't mind the added salt.
*While root vegetables like potatoes and sweet potatoes provide well-rounded nutrition—grains and beans lack sufficient vitamins A and C to be eaten alone; therefore add some fruit and/or green and yellow vegetables to make your grain and bean meals complete.
colonyofcells wrote:Mary's mini could be lacking in some of the micronutrients altho probably safe as a short term diet.
I am not really sure why some people try mary's mini and why some people are doing the maximum weight loss as a permanent diet.
colonyofcells wrote:Mary's mini with beans as the main starch should be acceptable.
colonyofcells wrote:The % protein in beans is probably lower than that of vegetables. Since plant proteins tend to be less complete, protein overdose from plant proteins is probably unlikely. Dr Mcdougall continues to promote beans as one of the starches and there is no warning about too much protein from the starches including the beans.
The McDougall Plan wrote:Vegetable products are usually lower in protein content than are animal products. The most important exceptions are the legumes ... These foods can be consumed easily in amounts large enough to yield a diet containing excessive protein. If you are in good health, legumes should be used in no more than one meal per day. The amount should not exceed one cup of cooked legumes per meal. (p. 104)
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