New to cooking healthy nutritious meals and stuck for ideas?
Give the Food Matrix a whirl!
Create a meal using an item from each section below:
PROTEIN
- 1 small fillet or, less often
- Small tin of wild
- Line caught sustainable white or oily fish e.g Salmon, Sardines, Mackerel
- 1 handful of non-processed meat e.g cooked chicken, beef or lamb
- 1-2 handfuls of cooked lentils, chickpeas or beans
- 1-2 organic free-range eggs
VEGE (non-starchy):
- Leafy greens - the darker the better e.g spinach, kale, rocket or lettuce
- Salad vegetables e.g cucumber, tomato, celery, capsicum, shredded beetroot, cabbage and carrot
- Roasted vegetables e.g beetroot, pumpkin, carrot, cauliflower, brussel sprouts.
- Steamed or stir-fried vegetables e.g broccoli, carrot, capsicum or snowpeas
COMPLEX CARBS
- 1-2 handfuls of baked or steamed potatoes or sweet potato
- A cob of fresh corn
- 1-2 handfuls of brown rice, quinoa, millet, amaranth or buckwheat.
NOURISHING FATS
- 1 handful of nuts and seeds e.g almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds.
FLAVOUR
- Herbs
- Chilli
- romatics such as garlic
- Lemon juice
- Apple cider vinegar
- Homemade Vinaigrette
- Hummus
- Sprouts
- Sea Vegetables
SUPPLEMENTS
Because the surface area and routing (if you’ve had a Bypass) of your stomach has now changed, you can no longer absorb the same levels of nutrients from your food as before. That’s why it’s uber important to take a high-dose multivitamin designed especially for people who have had bariatric surgery - like My New Tum™ MULTI!
We hope you found this helpful. Big thanks to Dr Libby for sharing.
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