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@dianne46 I LOVE Soylent! I used it for over a year and ate almost nothing else. I felt extremely great and it helped me finally put on weight which I've struggled with my entire life. However, it is quite expensive compared to just proper meal planning like I did above and not nearly as...

@favord Don't know. It's not something I have to think about in the United States. Sorry!

@dawn16 I need the almonds for vitamin e. Walnuts are a very poor source of vitamin e. Almonds also are much higher in calcium than walnuts and much lower in omega-6. I get my omega-3 from my algae supplement, which is much more of an effective omega-3 than walnuts since walnuts are ALA not...

@andrewmcwatters I've always read that frozen is better than 'fresh'. I put fresh in quotes because fresh in a supermarket is far different than fresh from a garden. Ideally you would eat your vegetables straight from a garden. However, vegetables in supermarkets are picked before they are...

@andrewmcwatters Soy milk is expensive and entirely unnecessary. It's literally the same thing as taking a supplement for the vitamins and minerals it has. One can also buy way more actual soy beans for a lot more protein content than you get in the milk too. I mainly just get it since it...

@dawn16 I dunno, I just see it used a lot in nutrition research so I use it.

@dawn16 Never heard of this, I'll have to look into it, thanks!

@starfire28 Thanks for taking the time to write all of this. I'll have to think more about my omega-3 and 6 sources now. I'm surprised that you only eat the short-chain versions since I keep finding info saying that it is more ideal to eat the long-chain versions as a vegan.

@starfire28 So you are saying that long-chain omegas absorb automatically and don't need to be converted. If your body detects omegas being absorbed then it shuts down the omega conversion process. Which is to say if I ate my almonds and took my algae pill at the same time then the omega-6 LA...

@starfire28 Algae is for omega 3s and I already get more than enough omega 6 with the almonds. From my research you want about 1 to 1 up to a 1 to 2 omega 3 to 6 ratio. You only want around 500-1500 mg of omega 3 a day. My meal plan brings my omega 6 up to 10,000 mg so it's already quite...

@julietcasablancas Hummus is pretty much my go to snack food when I feel like being luxurious lol.

@dawn16 There is a guy at my local farmers market that sells shiitake mushroom blocks. I think it's like $20 for the block and it produces a ton of mushrooms. You just have to keep the block constantly damp by spraying it with water and leaving a plastic bag over it.

I eat around 2500 kcal a day and spend around $6 a day getting 135g protein, 55g fat, and meeting all of my micro nutrient needs. Thus, my macro ratio is 62% carb, 18% fat, and 20% protein. Here is my diet. Everything is weighed in it's raw form. 240g $0.58 Bananas 240g $1.43 Red lentils...