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    Gandhi Diet

    Vannakam

    Recently in my studies, I happened upon the "Gandhi Diet". This diet appeals to me. Has anyone tried this diet? And if you have, how has it turned out for you? I read that it is a rather healthy and complete diet. So if anyone has more information (either from personal experience or other) it would be greatly appreciated.

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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    Vannakkam Eric.: Can you please post a link so we know what it is. I guess I'm justr a sad sorry lazy old man not willing to seach for myself. Thanks.

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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    Vannakam,

    Sure, I could only find an actual list version on Wikipedia, but I've verified elsewhere that this is the actual diet.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmacharya

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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    Namaste.

    I know this thread is almost 2 years old, but I stumbled on it in looking at the "Gandhi Diet". I'm glad I don't have to clutter the site up with my own thread on it.
    • 1 litre of cow or goat milk
    • 170 g cereals
    • 85 g leafy vegetables
    • 140 g other vegetables
    • 30 g raw vegetables
    • 40 g ghee
    • 60 g butter
    • and 40 g jaggery or sugar
    • fruits according to one's taste and purse
    • 2 sour limes (juice taken with vegetables or in water, cold or hot)
    • salt according to taste
    Converting to English measurements from that accursed metric I come up with equivalents of
    • 1 quart (32 oz.) of cow or goat milk = 29 g of protein
    • 6 oz. cereals = 6 g of protein
    • 3 oz leafy vegetables
    • 5 oz. other vegetables
    • 1 oz. raw vegetables
    • 1.5 oz. ghee
    • 2 oz. butter
    • and 1 oz. jaggery or sugar
    • fruits according to one's taste and purse
    • 2 sour limes (juice taken with vegetables or in water, cold or hot)
    • salt according to taste
    It is basically a very spartan diet, except that most of the calories are coming from fat. The macros work out to be (courtesy of entries in a fitday.com food log):

    Calories 1,883
    Fat 58%
    Carbohydrate 33%
    Protein 9%

    I am curious about it too, for a couple of reasons:

    1. No legumes?

    2. 6 oz. of cereal is 3/4 cup of rice or oatmeal; 4 or 5 slices of whole grain bread, or some combination of these adding up to 6 oz.

    3. I'd rather use honey than jaggery. Though both are pure sugar, honey has some beneficial properties over jaggery.

    4. I'd replace most of the fat from the butter, ghee and milk with a higher protein and carbohydrate source (mainly from more vegs.).
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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    Vanakkam,

    Quote Originally Posted by Jainarayan View Post
    Namaste.
    Converting to English measurements from that accursed metric
    Hey I can hea...Well read you !

    Quote Originally Posted by Jainarayan View Post
    Calories 1,883
    Fat 58%
    Carbohydrate 33%
    Protein 9%
    There is nothing wrong with the calories (2000/day for a man, little less for a woman) But SO MUCH FAT O__O Over the time this can't be good at all for the heart and the veins, even with regular exercice !
    (not talking about becoming fat, talking more about the consequences of too much fat on blood and organs)

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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    Namaste.

    Yes, the calories do look fine. I've done straight ketogenic and cyclic ketogenic diets (CKD), with ratios of 65% fat, 30% protein and 5% carbs (coming from vegs). The problem isn't the fat, it's fat in the presence of moderate to high carbs. Fat+carbs=trouble. I might work something out using this as a basis, but replacing the fat with more protein (whey, tofu, non- or low fat milk and cheese). It really does look like simple portion control.
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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    These days I am dieting and exercising pretty vigorously to lose weight.

    In my search through the internet, I've found the following foods (vegetarian) to not be good for dieters, besides the obviously fatty butter, ghee and oil based foods:

    Coffee
    Sugar
    Excess of soy milk or soy based products (supposed to suppress Thyroid function leading to weight gain)
    Potatoes
    White Rice
    Pasta/boxed cereal
    Bananas
    Any food containing a mix of Carbohydrates and fats

    And the following foods are deemed good for dieters:

    Brown rice
    Cinnamon
    Vitamin C pills
    Apples (1 a day)
    Green Tea
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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric11235 View Post
    Vannakam

    Recently in my studies, I happened upon the "Gandhi Diet". This diet appeals to me. Has anyone tried this diet? And if you have, how has it turned out for you? I read that it is a rather healthy and complete diet. So if anyone has more information (either from personal experience or other) it would be greatly appreciated.
    You mean a complete fast to protest whenever someone in some part of the world is is perpetrating violence against someone else? Yeah, you'll lose a lot of weight with that one....

    :-)
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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    Quote Originally Posted by Viraja View Post
    These days I am dieting and exercising pretty vigorously to lose weight.

    In my search through the internet, I've found the following foods (vegetarian) to not be good for dieters, besides the obviously fatty butter, ghee and oil based foods:

    Coffee
    Sugar
    Excess of soy milk or soy based products (supposed to suppress Thyroid function leading to weight gain)
    Potatoes
    White Rice
    Pasta/boxed cereal
    Bananas
    Any food containing a mix of Carbohydrates and fats

    And the following foods are deemed good for dieters:

    Brown rice
    Cinnamon
    Vitamin C pills
    Apples (1 a day)
    Green Tea
    Add white vinegar (apple cider, etc) to the list of good foods for weight loss. Two teaspoons mixed with water, every night.
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    Re: Gandhi Diet

    Vannakkam: Boss and I each lost about 20 pounds in the 3 months in Mauritus, and it sure wasn't for lack of food. If anyone has experienced South African, or Mauritius 'hospitality', you now what I mean. I'm thinking maybe the two swims a day had something to do with it.

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