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Ive never been that much of a picky eater (fortunate, considering my job), but I know a few people who seem to eat nearly the same thing every day. Aside from the sheer boredom of it, Ive always wondered if thats bad for you, since youd only be getting limited types of nutrients, and the same ones, at that. MEL Magazine examined whether eating the same thing every day is bad for you, even when the food is considered healthy (think oatmeal, spinach, chicken), and came up with a conclusion.

MEL argues that the human body is resilient enough to rely on the same types of nutrients, even if they arent super varied. If youre eating a reasonably healthy diet (which is different for everyone), you should be okay. Remember, historically, some civilizations subsisted on diets of mainly starches, dairy, and fats, and survived. Thats not to say those people didnt have their own set of health problems, but hey, they lived.

Yes, a lack of varied type of nutrients isnt to be overlooked, but what MEL is saying is that youll survive. The author, Ian Douglass, suggests you take a multivitamin if youre worried about macronutrients. Despite the fact that many people say that multivitamins are semi-useless and arent absorbed fully, he argues that vitamins you get naturally from food also arent all necessarily absorbed fully through your body, and that youre going to excrete some no matter what.

Because there are so many vitamins packed into a multivitamin supplement, and each single vitamin contained therein is absorbed differently, its not that multivitamins are completely useless. Its just that your body will only take in so much of each in terms of efficiency. MEL also argues that you might not be getting as much nutrition as you think you are from food; some vitamins degrade from exposure to heat (like when its being cooked), and some require fat as a vehicle to be absorbed in your body. Otherwise you just pee the remainder out.

Nutrition is complicated and theres no one-size fits all scenario when it comes to food. But if youre someone who just prefers the same thing regularly, its most likely that youre not doing yourself much harm in the process.

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Is a diet of the same exact thing every day bad for you? - The Takeout

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