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from the whole 30 website:"Sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes and dairy are all food groups that have significant potential down sides, and may not contribute positively to your health.The more you eliminate these “less healthy” foods from your everyday diet, the healthier you will be."Grains and legumes, really?? But we have covered this before. Hundreds of times.
You know, just because you do fine with them, and don't want/need to give them up doesn't make it BS.
Cravings sometimes pop up at weird times. I'm almost two weeks in, and last night I had the oddest urge for some malted milk balls. It's not a deprivation thing, like with pizza or whatever; I haven't had mmb's in AGES. I might have succumbed if I hadn't felt sorry for the malted milk men.
Whole grains, legumes, and dairy, are unhealthy? For everyone?
To be clear, I have never said that. But I get tired of people acting like it's bs that some people may not find themselves feeling good while eating either of them.
Yes to nuts and seeds.And about grains being "unhealthy." It doesn't necessarily say that. It basically says some people are more sensitive to some food items, and thus it calls for eliminating them for the month. The whole purpose is at the end, you gradually add them back into your diet (in moderation and if you desire) and see what causes problems. They give reasons these foods are especially prone to causing problems (mold on peanuts, for example, may not affect everyone.) I found my biggest addiction is sugar. It is also the one thing that causes my brain fog and crankiness when I eat too much of it.So, yes.. I'm with Courtney. But maybe I'm just sensitive too.
Hey, at least we are in good company. Sugar. GAH.
Since you're eating meat you should be fine on B12. Calcium and vit D might be more tricky since you're not doing dairy, but D is hard to get in food anyway. Leafy greens are high in calcium, but they also contain compounds that make it harder to absorb the calcium. Can you do nuts and seeds? If it were me, I'd probably take a supplement and not worry about it, but if you're close to hitting your needs but not quite there I probably wouldn't worry about it too much.
I'm thinking going back on a multivitamin is a good move for now, anyway. I managed to end up with a B12 deficiency on a non-vegetarian diet while taking a multivitamin, and am a bit concerned I might have other undiagnosed deficiencies (docs only checked for most likely ones, I was on the low end in several).