Do you meet 100% of recommended daily intake?

[MyName13]

Whatever food combinations I make up it seems that meeting even 80% of RDI is impossible without consuming over 2000 calories (which is a huge problem for those who don't need much energy).What does your menu look like?

[FastRDust]

High calorie snacks with low calorie meals

[MyName13]

8 minutes ago, FastRDust said:

High calorie snacks with low calorie meals

For example?Maybe (pumpkin) seeds with vegetables?

[FastRDust]

2 minutes ago, MyName13 said:

For example?Maybe (pumpkin) seeds with vegetables?

Usually start with some nuts bars as breakfast, around 10 am i'll have a sandwich with Chickenfilet.

Afternoon a salad with an egg and as diner Rice with steamed vegetables and if i'm in the mood home marinaded  chicken. 

[MyName13]

52 minutes ago, FastRDust said:

Usually start with some nuts bars as breakfast, around 10 am i'll have a sandwich with Chickenfilet.

Afternoon a salad with an egg and as diner Rice with steamed vegetables and if i'm in the mood home marinaded  chicken. 

You can meet 100% (or close) of RDI with that?

[FastRDust]

Just now, MyName13 said:

You can meet 100% (or close) of RDI with that?

not really, i would need to add some fruits to get the mineral and vitamins needed for that.

[MyName13]

6 minutes ago, FastRDust said:

not really, i would need to add some fruits to get the mineral and vitamins needed for that.

Fruits don't have that many micronutrients (unless you eat kilograms of it ).

[FastRDust]

1 minute ago, MyName13 said:

Fruits don't have that many micronutrients (unless you eat kilograms of it ).

With my allergies that would be suicide

[MyName13]

17 minutes ago, FastRDust said:

With my allergies that would be suicide

If you're allergic to fruit then wouldn't even small amounts be as harmful as big amounts?

[Froody129]

RDI is just a guideline and I think they overshoot the guideline so that people meet the real requirement. 

 

If you just eat healthy and you feel good in general then there's no need to worry about it. 

[TVwazhere]

I meet 100% of recommended daily intake.......

 

Of pizza

[TetraSky]

I just eat whatever I want to eat and give no second thought to the "recommended daily intake".

But I still try to keep under 2500 cal per day. (Really not that hard)

 

Our ancestors didn't give a damn about nutritional value of their food and they lived just fine to the ripe old age of 40, so I see no issue with eating whatever I want.

Most food these days contain extra vitamins, minerals and what not, exactly because they know we won't be eating extra shit that we don't want to eat.

Eating "healthy" cost a LOT of money. I'd rather eat badly and be able to afford a new gaming PC soon, than to shovel all my money into unusable manure for "nutrition" big food companies decided we needed.

[Velcade]

I don't really think about hitting 100%.  When I remember I take a multivitamin.  On weekends I do a good job of hitting 100% RDI of pizza and whiskey.

[FastRDust]

1 hour ago, MyName13 said:

If you're allergic to fruit then wouldn't even small amounts be as harmful as big amounts?

depends on what kind,  my body sees it as poison and tries to eradicate it but an overdose creates an anaflictic shock or emergency shut down of vital organs in order to protect itself... which means i die because my body stops functioning.

 

it also depends on the severity of the reaction per fruit.

[Speed Weed]

Not always. Ain't nobody have time for that. 

[aezakmi]

nah I just eat whatever I can find and never get fat so I guess I'm doing it right

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

5 hours ago, aezakmi said:

nah I just eat whatever I can find and never get fat so I guess I'm doing it right

Please explain the method behind your madness

[MyName13]

19 hours ago, Froody129 said:

RDI is just a guideline and I think they overshoot the guideline so that people meet the real requirement. 

 

If you just eat healthy and you feel good in general then there's no need to worry about it. 

I saw somewhere that RDI is actually a MINIMUM (wtf? ) required to avoid any diseases.As someone who has only recently started to care a little bit about diet, that can't be true.Meeting RDI for B vitamins is pretty difficult unless you have dietary yeast.

 

19 hours ago, TetraSky said:

I just eat whatever I want to eat and give no second thought to the "recommended daily intake".

But I still try to keep under 2500 cal per day. (Really not that hard)

 

Our ancestors didn't give a damn about nutritional value of their food and they lived just fine to the ripe old age of 40, so I see no issue with eating whatever I want.

Most food these days contain extra vitamins, minerals and what not, exactly because they know we won't be eating extra shit that we don't want to eat.

Eating "healthy" cost a LOT of money. I'd rather eat badly and be able to afford a new gaming PC soon, than to shovel all my money into unusable manure for "nutrition" big food companies decided we needed.

40 years is pretty short, don't you think?

About the 2nd part, I don't think it's done in my country, salt is iodized, some milk (I believe just 1 brand on my market) contains added vitamin D, everything else most likely doesn't contain any extra micronutrients.What really doesn't make any sense is how artificially enriched food is recommended while supplements aren't

[LAwLz]

21 hours ago, Froody129 said:

RDI is just a guideline and I think they overshoot the guideline so that people meet the real requirement. 

 

If you just eat healthy and you feel good in general then there's no need to worry about it. 

It's actually the other way around.

The recommended dietary allowance is the minimum required for most healthy people to not get a deficiency in some area.

 

It is estimated to cover the minimum needs of about 97% of the population. Which means that even if you do eat exactly 100% of the recommended allowance, you're still at a ~3% risk of deficiency.

 

Vitamin D for example has an Upper intake level (UL) of 100 mcg for teens and adults, but the RDA is a mere 15 mc.

[Froody129]

3 hours ago, LAwLz said:

It's actually the other way around.

The recommended dietary allowance is the minimum required for most healthy people to not get a deficiency in some area.

 

It is estimated to cover the minimum needs of about 97% of the population. Which means that even if you do eat exactly 100% of the recommended allowance, you're still at a ~3% risk of deficiency.

 

Vitamin D for example has an Upper intake level (UL) of 100 mcg for teens and adults, but the RDA is a mere 15 mc.

Odd, but interesting. I think it differs so much from person to person anyway that you should just eat to feel good and healthy. Worrying about the numbers is gonna make all the "benefits" worthless anyway  

[KingCobra484]

Hell no, I don't measure it. I know I exceed RDA for vitamin C cause I love me some orange juice and possibly protein and amino acids (2 shakes a day plus meals) but that's about it.