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Vegetables are KEY to a healthy, /fit/ life. It doesn't matter if you're a 250lb powerlifting butcher or a 130lb raw vegan female physique competitor, you should be eating 5-7 decent servings of different veggies a day.
These are my favourite, all lightly steamed with salt and pepper:
>broccoli
>spinach
>cauliflower
>carrots (cheap af, tasty raw too)
>cabbage (also cheap)
>Brussels sprouts
>aubergine
>onion, garlic
Honorable mentions (not actually vegetables but who cares):
>Bell peppers
>Tomatoes (raw)
>Green beans
>Runner beans
>Sweet potatoes
>Peas
>Avocado
>>37735226
>Vegetables are KEY to a healthy, /fit/ life
Nothing I can't replace or supplement, this being said I like mushrooms
>>37735232
Supplements don't work as well as real food. Vitamin supplements can actually fuck you up.
>>37735237
>Supplements don't work as well as real food
Mom science right there
>>37735232
supplements dont have the same bioavailablity as REAL FOOD
>>37735242
http://www.sciencealert.com/vitamin-d-tablets-may-be-worse-for-you-then-nothing-at-all
>>37735237
>Vitamin supplements can actually fuck you up
Wanna give some sources m8
>>37735276
>The randomized clinical trial (RCT) by Bischoff-Ferrari et al1 in this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine shows that vitamin D supplementation is associated with the risk of falls. Two “high” doses (60000 IU of vitamin D3 per month or 24000 IU vitamin D3 plus 300 mg of calcifediol per month) achieved a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) level of 30 ng/mL in 80% of participants, a level that has been recommended as best for reducing the risk of fractures and for other health benefits (to convert 25[OH]D to nanomoles per liter, multiply by 2.496).2,3 However, compared with a dose of 24000 IU of vitamin D3 per month (equivalent to 800 IU per day), the higher doses had no effect on lower extremity physical performance and increased the risk of falls. A previous RCT4 in women of the same age showed that 500000 IU of vitamin D per year achieved serum 25(OH)D levels of at least 30 ng/mL in most participants but significantly increased risk of falls by 15% and fractures by 26%.
Stop quoting pop science shit instead of actually reading at least the abstract of the paper they are referring to
>>37735232
Nope.
Most supplements have piss poor bioavailibility (Zinc Oxide for example), and you are missing out on many other nutrients such as indrole-carbinol
>>37735232
Each vegetable contains a shittonne of different phytochemicals and antioxidants. Each one has a bunch unique to that vegetable, and they act synergistically to improve health and wellbeing.
Mushrooms are awesome but go off too quickly in the fridge
>>37735226
What's your opinion on vegetable juicing OP?
I'm on a cut and want to use vegetable juice as a meal replacement.
>>37735843
Not Op, but juicing is stupid. You're losing all the fiber, without fiber, you're gonna feel a lot hungrier and likely to consume more cals or fall of your cut. Just eat them raw or steamed.
>>37735377
>tfw the only mushrooms available in my country are white caps
>>37735377
Tell me about superfoods senpi
>>37735377
>>37735843
>>37735226
>>37735232
Bell peppers are great. Very high vitamin C, fiber, carotene's (similar to carrots in this regard especially if the red variety), low cal, low sugar, trace amounts of other nutrients.
>Nothing I can't replace or supplement, this being said I like mushrooms
>supplements dont have the same bioavailablity as REAL FOOD
Some supplements have very high bio-availability depending on the molecule, however we have evolved alongside these foods for a long time and have adapted to using them for a constant slow release of required vitamins in the gut.
Supplements can be useful but can be hard to balance with other nutrients or can cause mild overdoses or intestinal upset. You also miss out on the Fiber which improves gut health, reduces overall inflammation and modulates the immune system.
Also
>Each vegetable contains a shittonne of different phytochemicals
>>37735226
God tier
> Broccoli
> cabbage
> spinach
> onions and garlic
> bok choy
> zucchini
> tomatoes
> asparagus
Medium tier
> zucchini
> eggplant
> carrots
> squash
> bell peppers
> turnip
> edamame
> cauliflower
Low-tier
> brussel sprouts
> green beans
> lettuce
Kale is my shit
>>37735986
>that medium tier
>low tier brussel sprouts
kill yourself
>>37735923´
>white caps
>Iktf
>>37735998
how can I make them taste less like ass anon
>>37735226
>not actually vegetables
Citation needed
t. biologist
>>37736261
not overcooking them like a retard.
>>37735226
>Vegetables
>Empty vessels of fiber and trace vitamins
Fruit > vegetables
>>37736305
>Carbs > Micronutriënts
>>37735226
>Avocado
>not top tier
Vaguely on topic question:
I bought a blender and ive been sticking large quantities of canned soup, chicken breast and vegetables in there to make my own calorie dense nutrient dense soup so I can consume loads of chicken and veg in a small amount of time.
Is this a shit idea?
>>37736435
Don't forget the fiber
>>37736449
Blenders aren't juicers. The fibre is retained.
>>37735843
carrot and strawberry juice is the shit m8
>>37735276
>then
Yeah that seems like a trustworthy source
>>37735276
nigger why do you need a pill when all your body needs to create it is to be exposed to the sun?
>>37736592
I'm English and this post made me feel sad.
>>37735843
OP here. I'm not an expert but it definitely is much better than juicing fruits. Destroys the fiber but retains the micros lost during cooking. Also is a quick way to consume a lot of veggies quickly if you don't want to eat them. If it satiates you and you get fiber from elsewhere I don't see why not
>not drinking peruvian toad juice
Missing out all of you
>>37735232
Vegetables are more than the macros, vitamins/minerals and fiber they contain.
>>37736649
that's literally what they are retard
>m'lady vegetable ! what counts is its feelings !
>>37736610
move then
