The waitress at the cafe no longer asks me what I want for breakfast.
Many athletes eat the same foods every day, day after day, week after week, year after year.
Their typical menu is based upon bagels, turkey breast, pasta, chicken breast, frozen yogurt, and pretzels. For example, if your only fruit is apples, you ll fail to get the folic acid that s found in oranges. Eating a variety of foods reduces the chances of getting excessive amounts of a food that might be harmful. For example, if the grapes you eat every day happen to have a bad pesticide on them, you ll consume a higher dose than if you were to alternate grapes with bananas, oranges, and kiwi. By eating many types of foods, you can better consume more of the over 600 known compounds that food offers including not only the 13 known vitamins and 22 essential minerals, but also numerous other minerals, phytochemicals, fibers, and health protectors found in whole foods.