I normally eat around 2500 calories in a day, and I'm not overweight. I do, however, eat a lot of "empty calorie foods" like bagels, muffins, noodles, low fat tortilla chips, grilled cheese sandwiches, bean burritos, etc, and I take a multi vitamin and a calcium supplement daily to make up for it. A recent day for me included the following: Breakfast: 2 muffins (800 cal) Lunch: 1 Taco Bell bean burrito & coke (500 cal) Dinner: Spaghetti dinner (1000 cal) Total Calories, approx. 2300 + multi vitamin. A health nut I know recently got on me for this, and said the multi vitamin doesn't make up for eating empty calorie foods. She said to start eating more naturally healthy things like vegetables, fish, etc. She gave me an explanation as to why, but it sounded bogus and I purged it from my memory as know-it-all health club babble. My question is what is wrong with eating my normal diet, provided I'm already in shape and not over eating, keeping everything in moderation, and taking a multi vitamin? How is eating stereotypical health foods like kale, cauliflower, and salmon better for you (if it even is)? A little more info: 1. I stay away from foods that are considered nutritional suicide, like doughnuts, french fries. I just don't eat uber nutritious things like broccoli and kale on a regular basis unless they are mixed in with a dish, so I guess I'm somewhere in the middle. 2. I exercise regularly. Thanks for the input so far.
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in order to keep your heart, brain, and other organs working well you need nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. while vitamins can provide some nutrients, the best form to get them from is natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains, etc.
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multi-vitamins will compensate for nutrition, but you might get fat from eating empty calorie foods. If your not worried about that then your fine.
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Your sound like your full of shit. Literally. Fiber? Vitamins? Minerals? Enzymes? Electrolytes? Beneficial bacteria?..NOT the kind in yogurt. That is acid forming. You need alkaline forming bacteria, that eating fruits and vegetables promote. Good luck living your life taking a "muti-vitamin" everyday. That does not make up for a crappy diet even a little bit. Enzymes and electrolytes are the most important thing for staying alive,even over vitamins, and a muti vitamin doesn't and can't offer that. Only natural RAW food can.
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Your diet doesn't seem too healthy to me.You should be getting the majority of your nutrients from real food, not from a pill. You can't "make up" for the vitamins and other nutrients you lack. You might be in shape but you need to think about what you're putting in your body. Think of it like this - you can have a hot car but if you put chicken grease where the gas goes your car will turn into crap! (Bad comparison, I know haha) If you put healthy things in your body it will continue to function well and you'll just be healthier and in better shape for longer without having to work out so hard. You should ask your "health nut" friend to explain this to you again, she's right
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