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* Get most of your protein from '''dried peas, lentils, and beans.''' | * Get most of your protein from '''dried peas, lentils, and beans.''' | ||
** Use these to '''make [[soups]]''' - eat soup with every meal. | ** Use these to '''make [[soups]]''' - eat soup with every meal. | ||
* Get most of your calories from potatoes, oils, rice/pasta, or any baked goods (even sweets). | * Get most of your calories from potatoes, oils, rice/pasta, or any baked goods (even sweets). | ||
** Or if you're feeling lazy, just get most of your calories from junk food or '''anything you want.''' | ** Or if you're feeling lazy, just get most of your calories from junk food or '''anything you want.''' | ||
** Surprisingly, this can still make a healthy diet as long as you eat your soups and take a multivitamin. | ** Surprisingly, this can still make a healthy diet as long as you eat your soups and take a multivitamin. | ||
* Other useful foods include sunflower seeds, peanut butter - these have both protein and calories. | * Other useful foods include sunflower seeds, peanut butter - these have both protein and calories. | ||
* Include '''root vegetables''' such as carrots, onions, beets and garlic - whichever are cheap. They can be added to the soups. | |||
* Buy fresh fruits occasionally, when they go on sale. | * Buy fresh fruits occasionally, when they go on sale. | ||
** This diet doesn't rely on them for ''vitamins'' - but over-ripe fruits have a ''probiotic'' effect which can greatly improve digestion. | ** This diet doesn't rely on them for ''vitamins'' - but over-ripe fruits have a ''probiotic'' effect which can greatly improve digestion. | ||