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| '''Plant-based food''' could mean many things.
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| {{minor|There are countless dietary choices that could be healthy, unhealthy, cheap, expensive, low-calorie, high-calorie, low-protein, high-protein, etc.}}
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| This page is about ways to eat well with at least 95% of protein/calories coming from ''plants.''
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| ==Balanced diets==
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| {{minor|Despite a lot of misinformation out there,}}
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| '''It is''' possible to meet 100% of your nutritional needs with just plants. It also '''doesn't have to be expensive.'''
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| {{minor|To eat more healthy ''and'' more cheaply than most people do,}}
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| Use these principles as a guide:
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| * Get most of your protein from '''dried peas, lentils, and beans.'''
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| ** Use these to '''make [[soups]]''' - eat soup with every meal.
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| ** For more flavor & nutrition, include '''root vegetables''' such as carrots, onions, beets and garlic whenever they are cheap.
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| * Get most of your calories from potatoes, oils, rice/pasta, or any baked goods (even sweets).
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| ** Or if you're feeling lazy, just get most of your calories from junk food or '''anything you want.'''
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| ** Surprisingly, this can still make a healthy diet as long as you eat your soups and take a multivitamin.
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| * Other useful foods include sunflower seeds, peanut butter - these have both protein and calories.
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| * Buy fresh fruits occasionally, when they go on sale.
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| ** This diet doesn't rely on them for ''vitamins'' - but over-ripe fruits have a ''probiotic'' effect which can greatly improve digestion.
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| * '''Take a daily [[multivitamin]].'''
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| ** This is essential for '''any''' diet that '''doesn't''' include massive amounts of expensive fresh fruits & vegetables.
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| ** The human body needs over 30 different nutrients; most people are lacking in at least a few.
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| ** Vegan or not, most people could benefit from a cheap{{x|typically amounts to about 15 cents per day}}multivitamin. You will likely feel a difference.
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| If this doesn't seem balanced on first glance, here are some examples to show it is:
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| * {{minor|Note: These examples may not be perfect, but they are far more balanced than a ''typical'' diet in most countries.}}
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| * {{minor|Note: You can also play around with the [//olam.wiki/calc nutrition calculator] to analyze your own options.}}
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| Notes:
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| * This analysis shows the raw ingredients. Cooking instructions / recipes will be added to this wiki soon. In general, when you boil any food, do not drain the water; keep it for the soup. You don't want to lose some of the minerals (nutrients) {{x|relevant info: Heat doesn't destroy minerals{{x|scientific reason: the minerals are ''elements'' (on the periodic table); the vitamins are ''molecules'' that can break down at high temperatures}}, but it does destroy ''some'' vitamins. The multivitamin fully compensates for this: Most multivitamin tablets have 100% the recommended daily intake of all B vitamins and vitamin C, which are the ones that can be lost in cooking.}}.
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| * Calcium is supplemented (typically costs about 10 cents per day), because the cheap foods aren't naturally high in calcium.
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| Notes:
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| * This works regardless if the cookies have small amounts of dairy etc. The vast majority of calories & protein are still coming from plants.
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| * Calcium is supplemented (typically costs about 10 cents per day), because the cheap foods aren't naturally high in calcium.
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| ==FAQ==
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| {{faq
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| |I thought vegan diets were expensive! You're saying they're cheap?
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| |There are cheap ways to be vegan, and there are expensive ways to be vegan. A healthy balanced diet is possible in both cases. See above for examples.
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| |Don't vegans eat mostly salad and greens with little protein & calories?
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| |Not necessarily. See examples above.
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| |Does eating this many beans make you fart all the time?
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| |Not if the beans are [[soups|cooked well enough]]. Gas might also be a sign that your gut needs more variety of bacteria to digest the variety of plants you eat. Include more [[probiotic foods]] such as over-ripe fruits or saurkraut. It may help to eat them towards the end of the meal.
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| {{faq
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| |Aren't plant proteins less digestible?
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| |Not if they're cooked/blended properly and you have good [[gut flora]]. {{npn}}
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