That means primarily eating highly nutrient low fat /
calorie dense plant foods..
If you need more calories just eat more
calorie dense plant foods such as potatoes, rice, pasta, beans, corn or grains.
Not exact matches
When consuming a
plant - based meal, it's important to remember that vegetables are nutrient -
dense but very low in
calories.
Nutrient -
dense formula includes 21 grams of complete
plant - based protein and only 120
calories per serving
A
plant - only diet also would require individuals to eat more food and more daily
calories to meet their nutritional needs from the foods they eat because the available foods from
plants are not as nutrient
dense as foods from animals.
In a nutshell, my Six Weeks to Sexy Abs diet consists of nutrient -
dense,
calorie - light whole
plant foods.
Nuts and seeds are also the reproductive material of
plants and they are both a staple of the ancient human diet (most likely) and a nutrient and
calorie -
dense food.
2) My understanding is that the best way to gain weight on a whole
plant food based diet is to eat more
calorie dense foods.
Of course you can go on a
plant based diet and still not lose weight if you eat high
calorie dense foods.
Dr. Furhman who recommends his «Nutritarian Diet,» which is a highly nutrient
dense whole food
plant based diet, states that health is equal to nutrients /
calories.
Examples of higher
calorie dense foods appropriate for a whole
plant food diet include: nuts, dried fruits, tofu, avocados, olives, and breads / crackers / dry goods.
However, there are some whole
plant foods that are highly
calorie dense.
So, include more
calorie and nutrient -
dense plant - based foods in your diet, like nuts and seeds.
Getting
plant - based fats and nutrients from
calorie -
dense items like coconut milk, however, can help you gain in a way that's healthy and balanced.
Most of the
plant - foods are naturally low in
calories yet very nutrient
dense.
In general, people who eat a whole
plant food based diet similar to the one proposed by Dr. Greger in his Daily Dozen or in the PCRM Power Plate, will naturally lose weight without worrying about counting
calories because they are naturally eating a low
calorie dense diet..
Whole
plant foods, and especially raw foods are typically less
dense in
calories, so you have to eat more volume of food.
Because your bunny's ancestors spent millions of years subsisting on low -
calorie plant matter, feeding them
dense, low fiber fruits like bananas can easily cause them to become overweight or obese.