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Diet without vegetables
Hey, my boyfriend (a varsity student) doesnt eat anything vegetable or green (except for mushrooms which arent really vegetables, and potatoes which count in most part as carbohydrates)... It's not really a problem for me because I love all vegetables so will eat his anytime... but his immunity is at an all time low and he keeps getting a cold every now and then. He's also anaemic. I know his unbalanced diet is causing other problems too (like being overweight, tired all the time - he also doesnt have frequent meals, sometimes he skips meals). I would like to know if you (as a mother) have any ideas of how I can get him to eat more healthy or atleast improve his lifestyle without vegetables. I think he knows that he's not taking very good care of himself, but he's not going to eat food he hates...
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Well, you can't feed him like a baby, so really all you can do is stress to him that his health will suffer because he will, if he hasn't already, develope vitamin deficiencies. You could subtly suggest to him that he doesn't look as good as he used to. Tell him he looks "fragile". Guys certainly don't want to look fragile! Leave it at that.
Now, he may hate veggies, but maybe you can convince him to, at least, eat Romaine lettuce on a sandwich, and lots of it. Iceberg lettuce is not as nutritous because it isn't dark green.
The final option (and it's a good one) is to suggest a high quality supplement. My family uses a powdered supplement called All-One by Nutritech. It's sold online at various vitamin websites. This is a very, very good supplement that will give him the nutrition he needs, but it is not a panacea. At least he will be getting the vitamins that are now missing from his diet.
The powder should be added to juice of any kind (my sons even mix it with water. Gross.) and either use a shaker or blender to mix it well. He will feel a difference in about 2 to 4 weeks, and the difference will be remarkable, but it must be taken everyday.
Short of that, I'd say he needs to grow up and be a big boy. Even if he buys the supplement, there's no guarantee he will take it. Good luck to you!
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