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My Diet

Unplanned vegan diet can be dangerous. This note might help me lighten the risks.

Current diet

Overview

I'm a strict vegetarian. Foodwise I'm a vegan, but veganism affects other parts of lifestyle, and I'm not completely into it yet.

I try to avoid:

any animal products, including:
- meat, fish, dairy, etc.
- gelatin, lactic acid, etc.
MSG a.k.a. E621 and other names
caffeine, as much as I can
- means I'm not a big fan of tea and coffee
sugar and sweeteners
products with over 10-15% fat
- pure nuts in significant quantities
- all kinds of cheap "Korean" salads
- chips, most French fries

Since December 2007 I've been binging a lot, consuming caffeine, sugars and fats in excessive quantities.

Details

During Fall 2007 my diet included:

buckwheat - staple; Mn, Trp, Mg, fiber
parsley - vitamins K, C, A
dill - Fe, Mn, Ca
rye bread
- I need to cut down on this one
tofu

Energy

I really need to get under 2500 kc at all times and under 2000 kc for days with little activity (most days)

Fasting

orthodox fasting sounds like fun, I am going to try it

Modes

Modes have daily granularity.

xerophagy (what a word!): bread and water
- not difficult unless more than just a few days
water fasting: just plain water, no calories
one meal: just one full meal a day
evening meal: just one full meal after 9 p.m.

Schedule

Monday - evening meal or water fasting
Wednesday, Friday - water fasting
great lent - one meal
- from the last Thursday evening to Paskha - water fasting
other multi-day fasts - one meal probably, but no fasting right now
there are vital spiritual aspects of fasting, which should be described in a separate topic

Results

Monday/Wednesday/Friday water fasting led me to binges on all the other days of the week. Before long, the binges conquered the water fasting days and I consumed over 30-40 Mc a week for a while. The Great Lent didn't stop or slow me down much.

Supplements

Ferrosan Multi-tabs Intensive

vitamins
- A=800ug
- D=10ug
- E=30mg
- B1=B2=B6=5mg
- B12=7ug
- PP=30mg
- B5=10mg
- B9=400ug
- C=200mg
misc
- CaCO3=200mg
- MgO=100mg
- ZnO=15mg
- CuSO4=2mg
- MnSO4=2.5mg
- CrCl3=50ug
- KI=150ug
ferrous fumarate = 5mg
Natrium selenite = 50ug
contains gelatine

Nicomed Calcium D3 Forte

Calcium Gluconate

Planned

spinach - additional
- it is now available
  - "fresh" at Auchan
  - canned at other outlets
    - I like this one better
sesame seeds - calcium, zinc
- too oily
crimini mushroom

Hunger

even small amounts of raw fruit tend to lead me to binging on them
same can be true for vegetables, especially the sweeter ones such as carrots
- on several occasions I was happy to consume about 1.5kg of carrots within a couple of hours - which does not necessarily produce a healthy impact on digestion...
http://forums.johnstonefitness.com/archive/index.php/t-282.html

Binges

usually 3000-5000 kc a day
kilograms of fruit a day
- lots of sugar and calories
- lots of water
  - kidneys are working around the clock
soya milk, puddings, and diabetic fruit jams
- lots of sugar and calories
sugar+fat stuff like halva