program-you may be getting inadequate portions of certain nutrients. I stress may, because if you choose nutrient-dense foods, it is easy to consume adequate amounts of most vitanutrients.
On the facing page is a sample daily menu to be followed by a person in the Induction phase. The two graphs on page 134 show that the menu, as analyzed using the most widely accepted nutritional software program, " Nutritionist V," provides the recommended daily intake of almost all vitamins and minerals.
Sample Daily Menu of 20 Grams of Carbohydrate
Breakfast Three-egg omelette with avocado Mozzarella cheese and tomato Decaffeinated coffee with cream
Lunch Beef round steak( 8 oz) Spinach and mixed leaf salad with mushrooms, onions, celery and parmesan cheese
Dinner Broiled salmon( 9 oz) Kale topped with garlic, lemon and sesame seeds
But the real reason you ' ll need vitanutrients is because of the way you ' ve likely been eating for years, or because of the low-fat diet that you may be following even as you read this. If you have been on a low-fat diet, your need for supplementation may be profound. You will have to play catchup to make up for possible deficiencies of essential fatty acids, vitamin B12 and the fatsoluble vitamins A, D and E. Several minerals are also in short supply on virtually all lowfat diets.
If you ' ve been bingeing on junk food full of sugar and bleached flour, then you ' ve been consuming anti-nutrients, and your nutritional needs are even greater. When you eat such foods you ' re doing more than just depriving yourself of sufficient supplies of important vitamins and minerals. Metabolizing those empty refined foods uses up what little stores of nutrients remain. I am always surprised when I encounter anyone over 35 years of age who eats the typical American diet of refined carbohydrates and isn ' t chronically tired. Chromium, zinc, manganese, magnesium, vitamin B6 and folic acid are among the nutrients that are used up faster than they can be replenished on such a diet. In fact, many Americans are deficient in chromium, a mineral needed to metabolize carbohydrate.
Another reason you need vitanutrients is to maximize your body ' s ability to function optimally as a fat-burning unit.
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