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The Vegetarian Pyramid Diet reflects an all plant and all vegetable diet which will help you lose weight as well as have increased energy. When your diet consists only of high sugar and fat content coupled with animal fats from meats this creates a difficult problem when your trying to lose weight at the same time.

Take a cue from the Food Groups above on the Vegetarian Food Pyramid.  The foods at the bottom of the Pyramid are what you can eat lots of and the foods at the top you should eat less of in your healthy diet.

The Perfect Dinner combination is actually very economical for Meal Planning when you include the following:

Whole Grains-Common Whole Grains are: rolled oats, brown rice, whole wheat flour, sprouted grains, buckwheat.

Whole Grains do not include corn of any type because 100 percent of the corn produced in the USA is genetically modified and unlabeled.

What are Whole Grains? Whole Grains contain the parts of the grain were made naturally before food companies took them out.  This includes: Bran, the Germ, and the endosperm -this may sound unpleasant but these are the most nutritious packed parts of the grain.

Beans

These are your colorful variety of Vegetable Protein and High Fiber vegetables: Red Kidney, Black Beans, White Navy Beans, Chick Peas, Black Eyed Peas, and Lima beans.  There are many types of beans to add to your diet for healthy proteins -see our Hummus Recipes.

Vegetables

All vegetables are good for your health from tomatos, green beans, broccoli, lettuce, peppers, cucumbers, sprouts, and any type of dandelion greens.  Sea greens are also very helpful especially to prevent thyroid diseases.

All of these ingredients will Prevent cancer, and alkalize your body which is your best defense mechanism against diseases.

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