I dont eat fruits and veg, plz help

Question
Hi

I don't eat vegetables and fruits, so I have a kind of problem, and it's going to catch up with me. I am 20 years old and trying to overcome this habit/problem. I have developed some alternatives to it as you will read. I eat potato chips, pumpkin cakes, all spices like ginger, chilly, garlic, salt, onions, pepper ect, and I love to cook. I eat small quantities of peas, carrots, corn in cottage pies and curry and rice dishes. I drink apple juice and that's it, beside the usual Coke, Pepsi, water, wine, beer ect. I don't drink milk but I eat breakfast cereal with milk and I eat ice creams. I eat tomato sauce/salsa, but I don't eat tomatoes.

I eat all fish, meat, chicken and exotic things like snails, mussels, shushi ect.

I don't eat peas, carrots, pumpkins, in just its pure form. I do not eat cabbage, broccoli, apples, pears, oranges, papayas, grapes ect,

I don't eat fruits and vegetables because it don't taste great./

I do take a daily vitamin pill called Centrum.
Do I have a problem and what can I do?
Please feel free to ask me some questions.
Thank you
Christo
South-Africa


Answer
Dear Christo,

I would remove the following things out of your list as belonging to containing "empty calories" with no nutritious values:

potato chips
Coke, Pepsi
apple juice (OK freshly squeezed or when no sugar added)
beer (OK in moderation)
cakes (OK in lower sugar, whole grain forms)

As to  carrots and pumpkins in just its pure form - sorry, but you'd have the most of it exactly in this form.

Vitamins of course is necessary when you don't have enough fruits, raw veggies. I would add to this some diet fibers such as Psyllium husks in any for but with sugar.

Another thing I'd add to your menus is yogurt, kefir, etc. to provide  your body with some probiotics. Pleases feel free to ask me specifics of any part of my advice.

Tanya Zilberter, PhD

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