Veggie Question

[Discolemonade]

Well, I have noticed that I only eat green veggies...for the vast majority of my allowances. I will have a piece of tomato once in a while or some onion if it's sauteed, but I am really not very adventurous when it comes to trying new ones. I can't really afford to buy some 'new to me' veggie, cook it or whatever then hate it and throw it away, so I am scared, LOL...
My question is about nutrients I guess...is it harmful to ingest mostly green veggies?? It really only consists of the following: celery, green beans, brocolli, cucumbers, some green bell pepper (hated them at first but can tolerate them, but not the red and yellow ones??) of course lettuce and olives & pickles. and thats really about it. any comments?

Thanks

[pearson]

Re: Veggie Question

I refuse to eat any food I don't love. It seems like such a waste of calories and my time. What vegetables have you tried and don't like? Do you like carrots or mushrooms? Green is good. How about spinach?

[soliwit]

Re: Veggie Question

If you started to like green bellpeppers you might want to try the red and yellow ones, it seems a lot of people even like those better cause they taste a bit sweeter than the green one.
Then you can have rasta-veggies every once in a while.
But for the rest I think you are quite alright eating just the green ones as long as you make sure you take the right multi-vitamins along with it, to make sure you get all the vitamins and minerals you need.
Happy veggie-ing and good losses to you !

[not2late]

Re: Veggie Question

It depends on the green vegetable. Some green vegetables are more nutrient dense than others. For example, kale has more nutrients than lettuce. Furthermore, some green vegetables do not contain vitamins that the "vegetable-fruits" (peppers, cucumbers, etc.) contain. For example, a red bell pepper has more vitamin C than an orange.

If you have tried all 50+ veggies on the Induction veggie lists and only like a handful, try to see if those vegetables can give you a variety of vitamins, minerals and fiber.