I'm really picky about what I eat and what brand it is (so I know how they make the product) etc
kefir
spinach
seaweed
artichoke
peppers (orange/yellow bell, banana)
corn on the cob & baby corn
baby carrots
snow peas
sugar snap peas
garden peas
broccoli
water chestnuts
edamame
soymilk (organic, unflavored)
chia seed
jasmine or calrose rice
high-fiber oatmeal
thin or capellini pasta (often lightly coated with olive oil and/or butter)
fig bars
peanut butter (w/ apricot preserve)
butter
teas:
Pukka Three Ginger (ginger, galangal, turmeric, licorice root for sweetener) (best ginger tea ever)
Pukka Relax
Yogi Ginkgo Clarity
Yogi Calming
Yogi Honey Lavender Stress Relief
Other:
I have a weakness for sourdough, since childhood, never figured out why. But it's pretty awesome to prep for a study session. I recently heard something about sourdough and probiotics but I'm skeptical without seeing a scientific paper on it (as if the microbes survived the baking process? dunno)
Regular milk fat cottage cheese with mandarin orange slices (or apricot). It's been a favorite treat for years.
Something hot potato: wedges, tots, all baked, unseasoned and all that crap
Sometimes: chicken breast tenders, white fish fillets (no canned stuff) (I've shied away from red meat since adolescence and thought it was just a superficial yuk thing about the texture or eating globs of fat, only recently figured out why: my body just doesn't like it, it might be the iron since white meat doesn't bother me unless I eat a lot of it in one sitting)
Never "nonfat" or "low fat" anything. If I see that shit on a label at the store, I keep on walking. I don't aim for a high fat diet but I have a thing about processing to remove natural fats from foods, and not just because they often add something back into it to make the product taste better.
Why do I eat like this?
- helps keep migraines at bay
- lots of items are calming (probably kefir is the most effective on that list)
- fiber really does make me feel better in general (not right on the spot but the next day, it's mostly about keeping the excess estrogen moving out through feces). Cellulose is also prebiotic in that it provides substrate for gut flora
- my brain likes it better that way, during class or a study session, I'm much more focused, eager, deliberate in decision-making, and less prone to error. I made mistakes in the past of eating high-protein meals just before settling down to study (because I thought it might be better) ... I was in denial and did it about 6 more times before I faced the facts; they make me feel mentally slow, on-edge, crabby and kind of sickly. Since I spend at least 5 hours a day intensively reading, several more hours writing, even when not doing coursework specifically, it's become important to my daily life
Edited by Duchykins, 15 July 2015 - 05:01 PM.