Meal planning is a lot easier when you’re okay with eating the exact same meals every day. On the other hand, variety is one of the keystones of a healthy diet. So how bad is it, really, if you eat the same thing all the time?
Watch out for nutrient deficiencies:
Variety is important because each meal can make up for something another meal lacks. Ramen doesn’t have vitamin C, for example, but nearly every fresh fruit or vegetable contains at least a little. Vegetables don’t have vitamin B12, but eat some meat or nutritional yeast every now and then and you’re pretty much covered. With so many different kinds of food available to us, it is difficult but not impossible to get a vitamin or mineral deficiency by limiting what we eat. Read More…
