A daily meal plan deficient in (almost) nothing

I just spent a few hours on cronometer.com which is a cool website that helps you determine what vitamins/minerals you're deficient in and by how much. I was able to put together a 944 calorie daily plan that a person could eat and if they did, they would not be deficient in any minerals except: Omega 6 Fats and Fat in general (not much fat here), and sodium. However, I'm thinking no one should be eating just 944 calories a day to be honest and I figure those deficiencies should be pretty easy to make up with other Vegan foods from the Standard American Diet (a modest amount of sesame oil would be a good start on the fat front if you're concerned about your omega 6 fats) So if you just ate these foods for breakfast/lunch, you could have nearly whatever you wanted for dinner (as long as it had some fat in it) and as long as you stayed in your calorie goal you'd be doing all right.

I post here for your consideration what I came up with since I already put in the time and effort and thought you all may find it useful. Enjoy.

Meal 1: Smoothie containing
140 g frozen strawberries (fiber, potassium, phosphorus)
45g of raw spinach (vitamin K, phosphorus, potassium)
45g of pea protein from NOW Foods (most of your daily amino acids/protein, a little light on methionine)
100g of banana (phosphorus, potassium)
1t of Flaxseed Meal (omega 3)
1 cup almond breeze almond milk unsweetened (calcium, phosphorus, potassium)

I'd take the following supplements with it:
1 antacid (500 mg calcium carbonate)
1 tablet Deva Vegan Vitamins (B12, B2, B3, B5, D, E, Calcium, Iron, Selenium, Zinc deficiencies in the other foods)

Meal 2:
1 cup cooked quinoa (methionine and other amino acids, phosphorus, potassium)
1oz wheat germ (phosphorus, methionine, potassium)

Meal 3
1/2 cup edamame (94 calories worth) (phosphorus, potassium, methionine)
Nu-Salt, 4g (potassium salt, 45% of DV of Potassium)
1 large sweet potato (162 calories worth) (potassium, phosphorus)

You may notice that many things are added primarily for their phosphorus and potassium values. That would be an accurate observation. Getting enough potassium in your diet is down right impossible and I have to imagine practically every American is deficient right now. Phosphorus is a tough one for vegans as well I find. This food also covers the other basics, like vitamin A, C, Copper, fiber, for example. By the time I completed the requirements for protein, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, omega 3 fats and a MV, all of the other vitamin values had taken care of themselves since these are largely healthy foods, so I didn't list other vitamins/minerals that these foods obv. have - but they are contributing to meeting your complete RDA for all vitamins/minerals as far as I can tell. If you have feedback I'd love to hear it since I'm new to all this.

Links to stuff on Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VLVIGE/ref=rcxsubs_mys2_product_title
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030HO4KM/ref=rcxsubs_mys2_product_title
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GAOHVG/ref=rcxsubs_mys2_product_title
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000H1558E/ref=gno_cart_title_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AKAQCURF3N5K5
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001DB4MFO/ref=gno_cart_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Replies

  • LifeNewandImproved
    LifeNewandImproved Posts: 125 Member
    Another option is adding some fat to the sweet potato - I would probably choose about 2T of the Earth Balance butter with Olive Oil myself - which would bring the fat content up to 35.2g and add 160 calories, which may be enough for some of you fat content wise. The omega 3/omega 6/saturated fat balance with that addition is still a good one.
  • Meerataila
    Meerataila Posts: 1,885 Member
    Nice work! Bookmarking for future reference. I love playing with Cronometer, but I've never tried to make a full menu with it.
  • ceemaw
    ceemaw Posts: 306 Member
    thanks for sharing!
  • AleciaG724
    AleciaG724 Posts: 705 Member
    Looks like a great menu for a nice light day with a sensible dinner. Thanks for the post, I'll check out chronometer as well.
  • whats_her_name
    whats_her_name Posts: 716 Member
    This is great, thanks for your work! This is a great building block - add more vegetables, salads and maybe a piece of fruit or two to up the calorie count for the day and you've got yourself an ideal day!!