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Ask HN: What is a diet meets RDA nutrient and vitamins. What does it look like?

4 points by mr-pink ↗ HN
I've been tracking meals with Cronometer and find it is extremely difficult to meet the daily allotment of things, and their suggestion feature is not helpful at all.

You'd think it would be "smart" and suggest combinations of foods based on the history of things you have eaten, or what is commonly available in nearby stores. Other trackers I've tried like Fitday and Myfitnesspal do not even track that level of detail. i.e. no vitamins and nutrients.

It would be nice if someone had a resource of what a diet without processed foods that meets RDA values actually looks like, with photos of every single meal.

You'd think this kind of info would be available somewhere like https://www.dietaryguidelines.gov but it's all clipart and pie graphs. No actual food pictures.

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yuppie_scum
You could look at bodybuilding type forums. You can get some good meal ideas from them but don’t feel the pressure to go as extreme as they do if you aren’t bulking.
eternityforest
I don't think those people are the best data source for a lot of people.... they don't seem to spend much time researching what foods lower disease risks, seems like they are optimizing for strength instead of prevention.

Plus, they eat like, 1500 more calories than everyone else needs or something so I'd imagine they would plan things differently?

throwawayadvsec
If you're looking for perfection= https://blueprint.bryanjohnson.co/#step-1-meal-prep

Otherwise I'd say one to two pound of veggies and fruits(+80% veggies) Enough unprocessed protein sources to get 1 or 2g/kg

3 table spoons of extra virgin olive oil

legumes, nuts and seeds

and you should be good

also very important:Cronometer does NOT have the list of precise nutrients for every food out there, in a lot of cases they only have the protein/fat/carbs/sugars data, check if they have the complete data for all the foods you're adding

also don't hesitate about using supplements, especially omega-3 DHA/EPA and D vitamin

mr-pink
that bluebprint guy is great but i'm poor so i'm not going to be doing the daily ritual of supplements. i want to avoid powders and pills of any sort