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Q.
Could you tell me if my diet is nutritionally balanced?
Typically I will eat the following: Breakfast each day is almost always home made granola. A low fat version with dried fruit, seeds and nuts. I have this with semi skimmed milk. Lunch could be vegetables, noodles, prawns and chicken broth. Or perhaps some lentil bake and salad. Dinner along the lines of home made vegetable chilli with a large jacket potato. Otherwise I might have a sweet potato casserole with chick peas and vegetables with cous cous. Snacks will include fruit (maybe 2 pieces), Activia yoghurt and an Options hot chocolate in the evening. I seldom reach my allowance - neither calories or fat needed as, my diet being vegetable based, just doesn't contain a lot of fats. I do feel satisfied on what I eat and my weight loss is settling down to be consistent. Am I ok with what I eat or should I be adding something else in?
A.
Our expert says...
Hi,
You can rest assured that your diet looks very healthy. However, there are always tweaks that we can make to improve what we eat…..
Breakfast looks like a good start to the day, but you could consider topping your granola with fresh fruit for some additional vitamins. Also, just make sure that you always have some complex, brown carbs with your lunch every day to give you energy for the afternoon.
As you say, your diet is low in fat, which could mean that you are not getting sufficient essential Omega 3 fats. There will be some present in your nuts and seeds, but oily fish would provide so much more i.e. salmon, trout, mackerel, sardines or fresh (not tinned) tuna. Maybe you could look to add some of these to your diet each week? We can’t make these essential fats, so need to eat them in our food. They are very good for the cardiovascular system, brain and skin, to name just a few benefits! Adding oily fish to your weekly menu will also increase the protein content of your diet.
Different snack ideas could include oat cakes, a few unsalted nuts and seeds, vegetable sticks with a low fat dip (such as houmous) or plain yogurt with fresh fruit if you fancy something sweet.
I hope this is helpful.
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