7th Day Adventists Diet
The Seventh Day Adventists diet is generally considered to be one of the healthiest lifestyle diets known at the moment. It’s not a 7 day diet, simply put, it’s a vegetarian diet.
I know, I know, you want to know very specific meal plans, foods that are allowed and foods that aren’t. You want a step by step plan. The problem is- lifestyle diets don’t have a plan! Yes, there are general guidelines, but as far as an actual “here’s what you can eat, here’s what you can’t, and here’s how much to eat” it won’t exist.
In fact, not all Seventh Day Adventists follow a vegetarian diet. True, most do, but some still eat meat, and some have gone to the other extreme of being vegans.
The Seventh Day Adventist nutrition council has adopted the US Department of Agriculture’s vegetarian food pyramid as their basic guideline, so for basic information you can go there. But the nutrition council is basically responsible for keeping tabs on all the latest developments on nutrition information. Basically, the reason that so many 7th Day Adventists are vegetarians is because they consider their diet to be part of how they honor God. Because so much nutrition information out there is conflicting (Good fats? No fats? High carb? Low carb? ), individual adventists may choose on their own to follow a different diet that they believe is healthier than what is generally recommended.
If you’re considering following the Seventh Day Adventists diet, keep in mind that you will be lacking in a few essential nutrients. If these nutrients are not obtained through meat then you will need supplements at least for iron and zinc. If you choose to follow a vegan diet, you’ll need to make sure that you’re consuming enough protein and supplement with calcium, iron, and zinc.
While many studies show that this is one of the healthiest diets to follow, it’s best if you do ample research before changing to the Seventh Day Adventists diet or any other diet for that matter.
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