Are You Eating the Same Foods Everyday?

ARE YOU EATING THE SAME FOODS EVERYDAY?

You calculate your macros, you find the right foods to hit those macros, you meal prep the same foods, and you repeat. Yes, you’ve found the perfect macro breakdown to hit your goals and you’ve chosen the most healthy/clean/natural foods to hit those target numbers, BUT eating the same foods every day may be hindering your progress. It is now known that eating a variety of foods will contribute to a healthier gut compared to those who eat the same foods day after day. As mentioned in multiple posts, diverse gut flora means a healthy gut, and a healthy gut means optimal health, performance, and body composition. Positively altering your gut flora is as easy as rotating your food choices and varying your caloric/macronutrient intake. For example, used to eating chicken breast and tilapia? Rotate it out for other varieties of fish, beef, pork, bison, lamb, turkey, or eggs. Each food has its own positive effects on gut flora and provides different vitamins and minerals that would benefit the body. The same could be done with vegetables. Instead of sticking to one veggie day in and day out, switch it out with other options. Now apply this principle when selecting fruits, nuts, oils, and grains. Not only will eating the same foods create an unhealthy gut, but consuming the same macros and calories will also promote a lack of diverse gut flora. To combat this, throw a dietary curveball into the mix. Experiment with intermittent fasting, have a ‘keto day’ where you consume little to no carbs and a generous amount of healthy fats, have a high carb day where you consume less fat, have a day where you prioritize vegetable intake and limit proteins (a similar approach to the Wahls protocol, consuming up to 9 cups of fruits/veggies). These are just a few options that can be used as tools to promote a healthy gut..