How many different plants do you eat in a week?

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Fab Foodie

hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
Location
Kirton, Devon.
Apparently 30 different plant foods is something to aim for for good gut health. Am currently reading Tim Spectors book on the subject, but here's the short version for a taster....

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...diets eschew certain,such as potatoes or rice.

Pretty hard eh?
But maybe worth working on....

In any case, as part of a better, healthier life as I rapidly approach my 60th Birthday, am trying give my gut bacteria a better life....
 

tyred

Legendary Member
Location
Ireland
I doubt I'd reach thirty but I do eat more plant based than I used to.

Porridge oats for breakfast with added berries, nuts and raisens.

Probably an apple, orange or pear mid morning.

Lunch varies but usually some ort of veg involved.

Homemade veg soup usually in the evening - carrots, leeks, barley, split peas, onions, etc.
 

Cycleops

Legendary Member
Location
Accra, Ghana
I think I'll go with another craze, Viking Toast:

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Won't do much for my gut health but it does have cheese in it Grommet.
Washed down with a can of Prime energy drink from Aldi. It's gotta be good, it's been recommended by an influencer.
 
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PK99

Legendary Member
Location
SW19
Apparently 30 different plant foods is something to aim for for good gut health. Am currently reading Tim Spectors book on the subject, but here's the short version for a taster....

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/may/15/go-with-your-gut-tim-spector-power-of-microbiome#:~:text=While many diets eschew certain,such as potatoes or rice.

Pretty hard eh?
But maybe worth working on....

In any case, as part of a better, healthier life as I rapidly approach my 60th Birthday, am trying give my gut bacteria a better life....

Not really very hard.
All these appear regularly in our diet

Plus a wide range of herbs and spices not listed

granted some are very close variants (peach/nectarine)

avocadoceleriacgrapefruitparsnipspinach
applecelerygrapespeasprouts
auberginecherryhorseradishpeachsquash
bananachick peakiwi fruitpearswede
basilchicoryleekspepper - chillisweetcorn
Bean - Runnerchiveslemonpepper - sweetthyme
Bean -frenchcorrianderlettucepineappletomato
beetrootcourgettelimeplumturmeric
blackberrycucumbermelonpotatowatercress
blueberrydatesmintraspberryWheat
broccolidillmushroomsred lentil
cabbageFennelnectarinerhubarb
carrotfigonionrice
cauliflowergarlicorangerocket
cavolo nerogingerparsleyrosemary
 

Pat "5mph"

A kilogrammicaly challenged woman
Moderator
Location
Glasgow
Surely more than the amount of plant based food one eats, what is good for one's health is the way your veggies and fruits are grown.
For example, tomatoes harvested half ripe, doused with who knows what, transported from across the globe in chillers are surely to be avoided in December, here in the UK.
Here in Scotland we have maybe 4 locally sourced eatable plants to choose from in winter, maybe 2 fruits, apples and pears.
Of course, I do buy my citrus fruits and the likes all year round, but I often do wonder how much goodness is left in them when they reach our supermarket shelves.
 

Cycleops

Legendary Member
Location
Accra, Ghana
I eat too much bread though, I know that much. But good bread is sound.
As long as it's not white.
 

Ian H

Ancient randonneur
Some of Spector's recent pronouncements are veering rather close to faddism.
 
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