Plenty of people have recorded weight
gains on a whole foods diet, and while a bag of fresh cherries might not hit you in the exact same way as its carb equivalent in powdered sugar, it'll still spike your blood sugar, kick you out of ketosis and give you cravings for even more carbs.
Not exact matches
3) Focus
on healthy
foods: Since you do not wish to
gain unnecessary fat, stick mostly to healthy
foods like oats, peanut butter,
whole wheat breads, chicken, eggs etc. 80 - 90 % of your
diet should come from healthy
whole foods.
Nitrosamines, which are potent carcinogens, are often found in soy protein
foods, and are greatly increased during the high temperature drying process.20 Not surprisingly, animal feeding studies show a lower weight
gain for rats
on soy formula than those
on whole milk, high - lactose formula.21 Similar results have been observed in children
on macrobiotic
diets which include the use of soy milk and large amounts of
whole grains.
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.
So instead of loading up
on fat in your
diet and raising your risk of serious health issues, instead go for the healthy high carb,
whole foods option that is low in fat and start losing that excess weight and
gain all the wonderful benefits that come from eating a high carb low fat
diet that so many of our clients experience every single day and reverse so many of their health issues with.
I have been wondering if we were getting enough protein with our rather new vegan
diet, and thanks to this article
on protein, I now feel that I have
gained a wonderful understanding of protein and where it fits into our
diet of
whole foods.