I'm single and buy lots of different frozen veggies and fruits. I also make vegetable soup once a week using a lot of different veggies. For breakfast i eat pretty much the same thing. I have cooked oatmeal with tumeric and pepper plus ground flax, hemp and chia seeds, and wheat germ . I add in 1 cup blueberries and some strawberries plus pineapple chunks and blackberries. All this plus different foods for dinner helps me get to around 30 plant more or less per week. The veg soup helps a lot. I also buy different grains which I add to my bowls of soup.

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Frozen veggies are such a good idea. I have frozen fruits for smoothies but frozen veggies would help eliminate a lot of waste. Thank you ☺️

Ahh i need a break from writing my thesis, this is perfect yayyy Aimeee

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Happy to act as a little distraction ☺️

Very informative video. Thank you for helping others get healthy ❤

@AimeeRebecca

3 ай бұрын

I'm so glad you found it helpful! ☺️

I've been following Tim Spector and Zoe for a while now. I have ME/CFS so like you, have been trying to clean up my diet and find a new healthier me. I am at the moment doing the Zoe test which I have paid for (with the pod that goes onto your arm) I have found, the info they're giving me I have read in his books and seen on KZread but I'm only part way through it. I've done all my testing now, just waiting for results and carrying on with the learning 😊

@AimeeRebecca

3 ай бұрын

Oooh! I've been wanting to try the Zoe test but the price has been putting me off. I hope the results are really useful and that it helps you feel better and healthier ☺️

That was so cool to watch U’re a natural Keep it coming

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! ☺️

I had a friend who was going to do a PhD on the gut microbiome and it's link to health factors (I think it was mental health but also possibly parkinsons, I can't remember) and it's so SO interesting!! Really enjoyed this video and is a great intro to the gut microbiome. Also fun fact, whether you were born through a cesarean or vag-inally also has an impact on your GMB!

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

No way! The more I learned I about it, the more fascinated I am.

@helenwright3201

4 ай бұрын

I read that in one of Tim Spector's books. He explains (I can't remember who it was now, but a scientist I think) that a man, who's wife/partner had just given birth via C-section, had rubbed a cotton pad on his partner's nether regions and then rubbed it on his babies face just after birth so that it could still have the important microbes it would have missed out. I hope this makes sense 😅

@alannananaa

4 ай бұрын

@@helenwright3201 yes!! My friend told me about this! Absolutely insane

@helenwright3201

4 ай бұрын

@@alannananaa definitely insane but if it works it's worth a try 🤣 not me thinking about asking my fiance to do it for me lol

@alannananaa

4 ай бұрын

@@helenwright3201 if it's what the doctor recommends and can help your baby, I say go for it! 😂

Breakfast: keep frozen berries in freezer / stewed fruit (stewed apples / rhubarb are what I keep cause they grow in garden), Throw on mixed seeds with yoghurt. For snacks, I'm trying to increase my healthy snacks by prepping a bunch at ones - chopped carrots / kohlrabi / cucumber / cherry tomato's / celery with hummus or smashed Edamame beans (Keep edamame beans in the freezer.)I don't have it all at once, last week was tomato's and cucumber, this week its kohlrabi /carrots. I'm far from good, but I find I don't have the energy/motivation most days, so on the days I do, I aim to prep extra. Carrot's/ chopped kohlrabi can be stored in water and stay fresh. For those days that you just want a plate of veg, I add in a spoon of stuffing and gravy and it feels like a Sunday roast!

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Sounds like you’re all over it! 🙌 Amazing

This is quite good! I'm better at eating for an evening meal but not so good during the day! Ive also recently become vegetarian I have gained weight and suffer from gut problems without going into it! Also sometimes I eat if I can't sleep and usually toast which isn't good. I do need to sort myself out so will try and make changes.

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

I relate so much! I usually forget to eat during the day and then snack at night, which isn’t ideal. I’ve noticed a big difference with my gut health since taking probiotics. It’s worth a try to see if that helps ☺️

the 30 different plants seems fairly easy to achieve in a week especial when counting things like herbs and spices, legumes etc the prebiotic/probiotic seems more a challenge to me! think I need to invest in some supplements

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

I’ve noticed a big difference since I started taking a probiotic ☺️

It’s so easy to get 30 in. Especially if you season your food with herbs and spices. Those all count x

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

For me, it was hard to get in the variety without throwing away a lot of half-used packs of fruits and veggies at the end of the week. It was a hard balance

@lynseycobden203

4 ай бұрын

@@AimeeRebeccaThat’s fair. Being a ‘zero-waster’ I don’t buy packs. I buy as much as I need but not everyone has access to shops and greengrocers that allow for that.

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

​@@lynseycobden203 I wish I could do that. I'd much rather be in control of how much I buy.

@LilaVert-FR

4 ай бұрын

@@AimeeRebecca the solution in this case is to buy as much frozen fruits and vegetables as you can. Additional bonus : they are washed, peeled and cut !

oh lord, i can relate, and then the cost of food soared. I have a suggestion if you need one???

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Yes please!! ☺️

Hey just want to say this in case you dont know, you should not eat banana with other fruits. Because something in the banana is killing alot of the nutrients in the other fruits if you eat it together.

@AimeeRebecca

Ай бұрын

That's true but as long as you eat a varied diet with other fruits and vegetables, you can get your flavanoids from other things like leafy greens, apples, onions, tomatoes, cocoa, and even tea and coffee ☺️

@user-wf5xy6rd8q

Ай бұрын

@@AimeeRebecca ok thanks! I thought i would just say it in case you didnt knew. Have a nice day!💕

@AimeeRebecca

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🥰 you too!

The video also said herbs and spices, as well as onions count.

@AimeeRebecca

3 ай бұрын

Yes ☺️ I think it's 1/4 for each herb or spice if I remember correctly

I just supplement what vegetables I eat with a few scoops of fruit/veg powder, which have 50 types plus probiotics.

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Awesome idea ☺️

Your videos look more and more professional with a lot of variety, to me, I mean that it’s more like real vlogs with shots outside or in other places. It’s a compliment that obviously I don’t manage to explain correctly. Regarding the tomatoes, it’s a pity that you don’t like them because for me, they are the easiest things to prepare, I am alone and I never have enough of them. I can eat them just like that, or in a salad, or baked in the oven, or use them for a sauce, or in a sandwich. I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, plants in general, but thirty different per week, wow, that’s not easy. Also, we must avoid to buy them packed in some plastic because plastic is bad for our health and it may contaminate the plants. It’s becoming very complicated… Basically, it means 4 or 5 different plants per day, maybe it’s doable as pastas and co are considered as plants…? Is cocoa considered as plant? 😉

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! That’s a big compliment ☺️ I wish I liked tomatoes because they’re in everything! I just don’t like the texture. I think cocoa counts. I remember seeing dark chocolate on the list for sure! ☺️

Interesting... you influenced me to grab some carrot sticks and hummus! 🥕🐇

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Oooh! I LOVE hummus 🤩 enjoy!

@helenwright3201

4 ай бұрын

I just got my fiance to get me these plus baby cucumbers today 😅

What is your accent? You sound welsh and american at the same time it's tripping me out 😂😅 (Not in a bad way!)

@AimeeRebecca

29 күн бұрын

😂 It's Welsh but it might be a bit tainted from living overseas for so long

Porridge does not count as plant? 😢

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

I had Ready Brek and I wasn’t sure if that counted because I genuinely don’t even know what’s in it 😂

@steffis.9930

4 ай бұрын

@@AimeeRebecca 🤣

@helenwright3201

4 ай бұрын

I'm sure it does because it's oats... I eat it most mornings lol. I keep trying to add fruits into it but I don't like it 😅

@AimeeRebecca

3 ай бұрын

@@helenwright3201 Same!! 😂 The texture of the fruit with the Ready Brek is just too much for me.

Hot (cold?) tip: get yourself some frozen diced onions!! GAME CHANGER for when you want a nice meal but can't be bothered to chop up an onion.

@datamusic4923

4 ай бұрын

Came on to say this, and I'd add in frozen chopped peppers, frozen peas, frozen green beans and frozen stir fry veg. I mean get through lots of fresh food, but for those days, this!

@RagdyAndy

4 ай бұрын

how lazy can you be. how much effort to cut an onion does it take?

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

How did I not know this one a thing?!

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Not necessarily lazy. I usually only need a little bit of onion so it would reduce waste to not have to chop them fresh

@ItsLizV

4 ай бұрын

@RagdyAndy 😂 chill bro it's not that deep

I am vegan and I think 🤔 I couldn't name 30 plants 😂. Oops!

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Right? 😂 I really needed to sit and think about it

@RagdyAndy

4 ай бұрын

eating meat will improve your brain function

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You poor thing, how do you cope!

you could eat meat and be healthy

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

Yes you could. Many people do 👍

You're making a giant drama about nothing. Eat 4 different plants a day on a seven day rolling cycle. How hard can it be?

@AimeeRebecca

4 ай бұрын

A giant drama, you say? Bigger or smaller than the BBCs 1995 production of Pride and Prejudice? 🤔

@helenwright3201

4 ай бұрын

That is incredibly rude! Did you watch the whole video, she explained how it's just her eating and buying that many different plants is not only expensive but also wasteful because she wouldn't be able to get through all of it before it expired. Who's got your nickers in a twist?

@kazzaroo

3 ай бұрын

😂😂❤❤ brilliant!! ~x~ ​@@AimeeRebecca

@Sallyy150

Ай бұрын

Agreed!