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Hi! I am a strict vegetarian but do eat milk products. I love the Southbeach diet and am all fired up to stay on Phase 1 for at least two weeks. I need to know where the following foods fit it: lemons, avocado, popcorn, mushrooms, Brewer's (or nutritional) yeast, and flax oil (for starters). The book that I have only lists a limited amount of foods. Maybe communicating with you all will help me to stick with it. For the last few years I've noticed that sugar has bad side effects besides putting on weight, so this diet seems like the perfect solution for me. Thanks. |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:19 am |
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| ladybugnessa
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hi...
lemons as seasoning are fine in phase 1
avocados are a fat and fine in phase 1 (1/3 of an avocado is a fat)
popcorn is a phase 2 food (3 cups is one serving)
mushrooms are a veggie and are a phase 1 food
I don't know about brewers yeast... sorry
and i believe flax oil will count as a fat and be fine in phase 1 as well. |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:30 am |
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| RedRox
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Check out the current P1 foods list linked into the FAQ sticky thread. It might provide some additional insights into foods not asked about yet!
lemons - would guess a fruit in P2, but some lemon juice is allowed in P1 for flavoring.
avocado - good fat. 1/3 of one is considered a serving of good fats
popcorn - grain. P2. 3 cups popped in a healthy way in P2 is a serving.
mushrooms - veggie. all phases.
nutritional yeast - have no idea. Is it mostly fat, protein or carbs? (too lazy to go look at our container in the pantry in the basement!) Not sure where I'd put it. Had a question on it a little while ago and forgot what I came up with. Probably just use sparingly/in moderation is a good guide.
flax oil - good fat I would imagine. flaxmeal is part of your nut/seed allowance, but that is the whole seed ground up and this is just the extracted oils. |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:38 am |
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| luvs_torun
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I'd think Brewer's yeast supplements would be fine in all phases (as are multi-vitamins, etc.) if you're talking about the tablets.
The powdered form would probably be fine as well..... |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 12:55 am |
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| RedRox
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| Well what we use isn't really a supplement, atlhough it's chalk full of nutrition! When we use it, we use it as a coating for tofu slices after soaking them in soy sauce. It's more like a "breading" although obviously not a grain. More like flaxmeal perhaps, but it's not really a seed either. Just kind of used that way. I still think it's fine. It's healthy stuff, just not sure where to classify it! :? |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:14 am |
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| luvs_torun
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I know some take in in capsule form for the B vitamins.... or like you, the powder added to foods..... it is full of good stuff!
Since it is a fungus..... could we just call it a veggie?? :D |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:52 am |
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| RedRox
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| uhhh.. sure!!! I didn't know it was a fungus! But I guess that's what yeast is. mushrooms are fungii and they're veggies right? ;) |
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 4:02 am |
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| ami
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Available as a powder, flakes, or tablets, brewer’s yeast is a slightly bitter-tasting ingredient that’s used in brewing beer. It’s also a by-product of beer-making. The yeast itself—a tiny fungus—is grown on grain, usually barley.
Brewer’s yeast is a rich source of many nutrients, including protein, some B vitamins, phosphorus, and chromium. The protein content of yeast accounts for slightly more than half of its weight.
When it’s grown with vitamin B12, brewer’s yeast is the supplement of choice for some vegetarians, especially vegans (strict vegetarians who eat no meat, fish, poultry, eggs, or dairy products). "There are very few natural vegan sources of B12 except certain forms of brewer’s yeast," says Jennifer Brett, N.D., a naturopathic doctor at the Wilton Naturopathic Center in Stratford, Connecticut.
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:15 pm |
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