I wonder what effects the lack of variety might have on someone's gut bacteria.
People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day
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#202When my daughter was born during the recession, my wife and I went through a stretch where money was pretty tight. One obvious expense to cut was eating out for lunch every weekday. So I switched to bringing in lunch. For several months, I brought the same thing: granola, yogurt, and chopped melon. I love food and love variety, so I was really surprised to discover that I simply didn't get tired of it or resentful. E…
> One obvious expense to cut
> was eating out for lunch
> every weekday
Honestly amazed this is the default position for anyone. What situation of living prompts this?
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#203I have 5 bottles of soylent a day, I absolutely love it and don't see myself stopping. I dislike preparing, eating, and cleaning up so I just avoid it. Every month I get a shipment of soylent and that is all my food related chores done for the month once I bring the boxes up to my room.
I implore you to get your T checked regularly.
Isoflavones have no effect on male T levels, this has been disproven over and over again: https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(09)00966-2/pdf
People are just exploiting insecure men to sell nutrient powders.
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#204I've eaten the same meal for lunch almost everyday for the last two months: https://www.reddit.com/r/GifRecipes/comments/8trml3/one_pan_...
I did it for health and weight loss reasons but it's also very tasty, easy to prepare and cheap! Highly recommend!
Re: People Who Eat the Same Meal Every Day
#205When my daughter was born during the recession, my wife and I went through a stretch where money was pretty tight. One obvious expense to cut was eating out for lunch every weekday. So I switched to bringing in lunch. For several months, I brought the same thing: granola, yogurt, and chopped melon. I love food and love variety, so I was really surprised to discover that I simply didn't get tired of it or resentful. E…
> One obvious expense to cut > was eating out for lunch > every weekday Honestly amazed this is the default position for anyone. What situation of living prompts this?
When I was in grad school, there was a huge collection of food carts right outside the building. You could get a large meal of virtually any cuisine for $5-6.
As a single person who liked variety and worked a lot, it was a slam dunk: fast, tasty, and relatively cheap.
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#207When my daughter was born during the recession, my wife and I went through a stretch where money was pretty tight. One obvious expense to cut was eating out for lunch every weekday. So I switched to bringing in lunch. For several months, I brought the same thing: granola, yogurt, and chopped melon. I love food and love variety, so I was really surprised to discover that I simply didn't get tired of it or resentful. E…
> One obvious expense to cut > was eating out for lunch > every weekday Honestly amazed this is the default position for anyone. What situation of living prompts this?
If you work with a bunch of people who commute a long way into work and do not cook and you want to fit in with your coworkers. Generally I would bring something in but be available for lunch because it's nice if you like your coworkers to hang out outside of work sometimes. This goes against my instincts for frugality. This was long before company provided lunches and the like, though, I've worked at places back then that were large enough to have on site cafeterias and we still went out most of the time. Also might be an age thing because we were all in our 20's and the veterans at those companies almost universally brought in their lunch.
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#208Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you know that you're getting enough of all the different micronutrients? Humans can eat a deficient diet for a long time and not notice serious side effects, so I'm wondering if you have some kind of good way of figuring out whether the different micronutrient quotas are fulfilled properly.
You are 100% correct. I did get vitamin deficient a few years ago, and worked with doctors to identify the deficiencies and resolve them, and have continued testing to make sure I'm doing OK. This routine is a result of that experience more than anything else. That is also one reason I go out to eat every few days - to get some variety into the mix.
Did the resolution involve taking an OTC multivitamin? Please ignore if I'm prying.
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#209When my daughter was born during the recession, my wife and I went through a stretch where money was pretty tight. One obvious expense to cut was eating out for lunch every weekday. So I switched to bringing in lunch. For several months, I brought the same thing: granola, yogurt, and chopped melon. I love food and love variety, so I was really surprised to discover that I simply didn't get tired of it or resentful. E…
> One obvious expense to cut > was eating out for lunch > every weekday Honestly amazed this is the default position for anyone. What situation of living prompts this?
Many large companies have a cafeteria on site.
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#210Article doesn't mention it, but I suspect one benefit is weight control. If you eat something different every day, it's hard to be mindful of consuming too many calories. Especially given the high levels of fructose corn syrup in just about everything. You can go broke even with a high paying job if you don't manage expenses. You can also get fat eating all the right foods but in too much quantity.
In "The 4-Hour Body" Tim Ferriss recommends eating the same meal [from Chipolte!] every day as part of his "slow carb" diet.
I have no idea how long he sticks to his own advice though.