That’s a well-used expression.
So why don’t we explore it a little and even argue about it. Many dieticians and celebrated diet experts hold that half your meal plate for either lunch or dinner should consist of vegetables. However, I have some experience with that, and rather believe the following:
Vegetables should perhaps be 2/3 of your plate!
The picture below depicts the “half-your-plate” principle. While it’s not bad, it can be improved if one is controlling a pre-diabetic or diabetic condition or else wanting to burn excess fat. The carbohydrate portion can safely be reduced. Some carbs in a meal are great if you are physically active, and therein may lie the key to whether you benefit from “half your plate” meal principle or rather go a step further to the “2/3 of your plate” idea, favouring vegetables. That said, you need to provide for a good 1/4 of your plate portion being protein foods.
So, to repeat, there’s no reason why a generous variety of both raw and steamed veggies shouldn’t occupy around 2/3 of your plate. The idea is to cut back the “starch” portion, because the latest proven data regarding healthy diets is showing that excess starches fuel many health problems. Of course, we need to learn about and practice other principles, such as eating for our blood type, paying regard to food allergies, avoiding foods high in agricultural chemicals and steering clear of protein foods from animals injected with harmful pharmaceuticals. That is, admittedly, an awful lot to consider.
Anyway, the expression, “You are what you eat” is a valid one.
Stay tuned for a better photo showing “2/3 of your plate” idea. Or, it might even be a “3/4-of-your-plate” concept. (And no. I’m not a rabbit.)
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