Upon listening to the information (through her husband) that Victoria Beckham has eaten the identical meal for dinner for the final 25 years, the world misplaced its collective thoughts. However is her dedication to fish and greens a time-saving life hack, or is it unhealthy? Dietitian Melissa Meier weighs in.
You would possibly’ve heard the story doing the rounds these days that Victoria Beckham has supposedly eaten the identical factor for dinner daily of her life for the previous quarter century: grilled fish and veggies.
And whereas which may seem to be a perfectly healthy thing to do, consuming the identical previous meal on repeat with out any variation is one thing that I, as a dietitian, wouldn’t encourage you to do. Shocked? Right here’s why…
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The professionals and cons of consuming the identical meals daily
On the plus facet, consuming the identical meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner day in and day trip can scale back the stress and psychological load that some folks affiliate with meals. Give it some thought: how straightforward would life be in the event you by no means needed to plan your meals or resolve what to eat each few hours? One other bonus is that having a structured wholesome consuming routine can assist to construct wholesome habits round meals, like filling half of your dinner plate with veggies or snacking on complete meals like fruit or nuts.
In case your go-to meal is chock-full of wholesome components, you’re off to an excellent begin in my wholesome consuming books. There’s completely nothing unhealthy about Posh Spice’s fish and veg supper – it’s one thing that’s on my dinner menu at the least as soon as per week, too. My downside, nevertheless, is if you zoom out and have a look at the larger image of a *very* repetitive food plan…
1. It’s boring!
Meals is a lot greater than gas. Scrumptious, tasty meals could make you’re feeling glad and glad. On the flip facet, in the event you prohibit your self to the identical meal each single day, you can begin to really feel disadvantaged very rapidly – and that’s not a part of a wholesome relationship with meals.
2. It lacks selection
The 5 meals teams (fruit, veg, proteins, grains and dairy or alternate options) every supply a singular set of vitamins, and all of them are necessary to maintain you in tip prime form. Actually, even inside the identical meals group, totally different meals present totally different vitamins. Vegetables and fruit, for instance, supply totally different disease-fighting plant chemical substances referred to as antioxidants relying on the color of their pores and skin. So, it’s extremely necessary to have as a lot selection as potential in your consuming plan.
3. It may result in dietary deficiencies
When you’re narrowing down your meals to a handful of components, I’d wager my backside greenback that you just’re not assembly a few of your every day dietary necessities. If your whole meals revolve round protein and veggies, for instance, you’d be missing within the all-important distinctive gut-loving fibres that grain meals present.
4. It may result in ‘senseless’ consuming
Strict meal plans can drive you to override your inside starvation and fullness cues, which isn’t excellent. A wholesome relationship with meals is one the place you take heed to your physique and don’t really feel managed by a set of exterior meals guidelines – like consuming the identical factor for dinner each night time of the week with out fail.
Melissa Meier is a Sydney-based accredited practising dietitian. You possibly can comply with her on Instagram here.
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