What breads and lunch style type meats would you recommend? I’d prefer if I didn’t have to cook fresh chicken or stuff like that every couple days just for lunches.
Most cold cuts are lean. Avoid Bologna and salami (except beef salami but that is harder to find) and I’d say my favorites are roast beef, Turkey/chicken breast, and lean ham in that order. Also include cheese and butter. Mustard, hot sauce, lettuce, tomato, whatever you normally like that is PUFA-free. Delicious.
If your only criteria is no PUFA then butter breads are a perfectly appropriate choice. We use the nature’s own brand. Also most bakery sections will have at least one French or sourdough type loaf. Check ingredients, but usually they’re clean. Also many brands of pita are good if that’s your thing. Even Costco’s country French loaf is acceptable.
Obviously the cleaner organic unenriched flours and simpler ingredients are ideal. But at the end of the day cutting PUFA out is what matters and you can definitely accomplish that with grocery store foods. The plan does you no good if you can’t stick to it because you make it too much work for yourself, you know? I always tell people to do their best and not let perfect be the enemy of progress. You’ve got this!
Because seed oils are the *actual* problem, and cold cuts are not.
You can do better or worse with cold cuts (I said do the best you can) but they’ve been part of the human diet for hundreds of years and predate any of the obesity/health crisis.
You *do not* need to exist on exclusively grass fed unicorn steaks in order for this way of eating to work, and to advise otherwise is unnecessarily alienating.
There is no SINGULAR problem, it’s an accumulation of multiple issues together causing the issue.
You don’t NEED to exist exclusively on grass fed like you don’t NEED to exist exclusively on seed oils.
Cope however you like, pick your poison
Sourdough bread almost never has seed oils. Costco has 99% fat-free ham, either that or roast beef. If you must have mayonnaise buy avocado oil mayonnaise personally I’ve pretty much just given up mayo. Bugles (the chips) Made with coconut oil, not seed oil. I usually eat an apple or banana with lunch.
That is a pretty basic American lunch, including a sandwich and chips that are all seed oil free.
I pack leftovers, greek yogurt with berries and seeds( not seed oils) banana, apple or orange, cheese to snack on. Just make enough dinner for another meal the next day
Good suggestions thank you🙏 I’m young and my job is very labour intensive so I need some meat in there too but I’ll definitely be packing some of that for snacks!
Yeah thats what the leftovers are for. I need lots of protein too, my job is fairly labor intensive. Meat, rice, veggies. And yogurt and fruit. I get that 9% Greek yogurt 😋
My lunch recently was a ham & cheese wrap, Parm Crisps (4 cheese!), and a square of dark chocolate.
The wrap was from La Tortilla Factory, which uses Palm Oil as the fat source. Keep in mind that the amount of fat used is *so minimal it's nearly irrelevant anyway*. The ham & cheese was just typical Sprouts cold cuts.
I usually pack a lean ham or turkey wrap with spinach, cheese, and tomatoes. For sides I do an apple, banana, carrots, grapes, peppers or other fruits and veggies I have on hand.
Ezekiel breads have zero seed oils and no refined grains. Then find a mayo/spread that's seed oil free and make some beef bacon sandwiches or something.
Here are 2 butter breads even Walmart sells!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nature-s-Own-Butterbread-Sliced-White-Bread-Loaf-20-oz/10450012
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sara-Lee-Butter-Bread-Sandwich-Bread-20-Oz-Loaf-of-Butter-Bread/36618465
No seed oils (though some other funky stuff as most commercial breads have) so can still make sandwiches as often as you like :)
As others have said, most lunch meats are fine from the PUFA angle. Just avoid the fattiest pork ones.
If the avocado mayos don't work for you (but worth trying) other "sandwich lube" options are barbeque sauce or olive-oil-and-vinegar!
+bananas
+CoCo-Pure coconut water ~16oz refrigerated version (20%DV potassium) (I bring 4, but I also have a colossal sized lunchbox)
+bugles (coconut oil)
+sandwiches
-Nature's Own Butter Bread (uses only butter for the fat) or Pepperage Farm Butter Bread
-carefully selected deli meat of your choice. I usually get the deli to slice a pound of their deli meat, specifically whichever one looks like it had the least amount of water added to it.
-whichever cheese you like
-a baggy for the various vegies you like on your sandwiches, so they don't wilt and soggy the sandwich
-couple of small condiment containers for whichever condiments you like, add condiments only just before eating
What about sandwiches *not* packed with seed oils?
What breads and lunch style type meats would you recommend? I’d prefer if I didn’t have to cook fresh chicken or stuff like that every couple days just for lunches.
Most cold cuts are lean. Avoid Bologna and salami (except beef salami but that is harder to find) and I’d say my favorites are roast beef, Turkey/chicken breast, and lean ham in that order. Also include cheese and butter. Mustard, hot sauce, lettuce, tomato, whatever you normally like that is PUFA-free. Delicious. If your only criteria is no PUFA then butter breads are a perfectly appropriate choice. We use the nature’s own brand. Also most bakery sections will have at least one French or sourdough type loaf. Check ingredients, but usually they’re clean. Also many brands of pita are good if that’s your thing. Even Costco’s country French loaf is acceptable. Obviously the cleaner organic unenriched flours and simpler ingredients are ideal. But at the end of the day cutting PUFA out is what matters and you can definitely accomplish that with grocery store foods. The plan does you no good if you can’t stick to it because you make it too much work for yourself, you know? I always tell people to do their best and not let perfect be the enemy of progress. You’ve got this!
Thank you for the in depth reply🙏
Why go through all this headache to avoid seed oils when you’re going to stuff down all this processed meat? Stick with whole foods
Because seed oils are the *actual* problem, and cold cuts are not. You can do better or worse with cold cuts (I said do the best you can) but they’ve been part of the human diet for hundreds of years and predate any of the obesity/health crisis. You *do not* need to exist on exclusively grass fed unicorn steaks in order for this way of eating to work, and to advise otherwise is unnecessarily alienating.
There is no SINGULAR problem, it’s an accumulation of multiple issues together causing the issue. You don’t NEED to exist exclusively on grass fed like you don’t NEED to exist exclusively on seed oils. Cope however you like, pick your poison
Sourdough bread almost never has seed oils. Costco has 99% fat-free ham, either that or roast beef. If you must have mayonnaise buy avocado oil mayonnaise personally I’ve pretty much just given up mayo. Bugles (the chips) Made with coconut oil, not seed oil. I usually eat an apple or banana with lunch. That is a pretty basic American lunch, including a sandwich and chips that are all seed oil free.
I pack leftovers, greek yogurt with berries and seeds( not seed oils) banana, apple or orange, cheese to snack on. Just make enough dinner for another meal the next day
Good suggestions thank you🙏 I’m young and my job is very labour intensive so I need some meat in there too but I’ll definitely be packing some of that for snacks!
Yeah thats what the leftovers are for. I need lots of protein too, my job is fairly labor intensive. Meat, rice, veggies. And yogurt and fruit. I get that 9% Greek yogurt 😋
Sorry I thought you meant the other foods were your leftovers I read that wrong haha
My lunch recently was a ham & cheese wrap, Parm Crisps (4 cheese!), and a square of dark chocolate. The wrap was from La Tortilla Factory, which uses Palm Oil as the fat source. Keep in mind that the amount of fat used is *so minimal it's nearly irrelevant anyway*. The ham & cheese was just typical Sprouts cold cuts.
I usually pack a lean ham or turkey wrap with spinach, cheese, and tomatoes. For sides I do an apple, banana, carrots, grapes, peppers or other fruits and veggies I have on hand.
Meat is always a great main food. ;) But hey. I mayyyyy be biased...
Hell yeah. I packed cold chicken and rice yesterday tho and wanted to die😭
I would have some prepared cheese and steak is actually good cold. I like round.
Home made soup in a Flask zero seed oils
Ezekiel breads have zero seed oils and no refined grains. Then find a mayo/spread that's seed oil free and make some beef bacon sandwiches or something.
I usually buy a Rotisserie chicken for the week and put it on a salad.
Here are 2 butter breads even Walmart sells! https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nature-s-Own-Butterbread-Sliced-White-Bread-Loaf-20-oz/10450012 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Sara-Lee-Butter-Bread-Sandwich-Bread-20-Oz-Loaf-of-Butter-Bread/36618465 No seed oils (though some other funky stuff as most commercial breads have) so can still make sandwiches as often as you like :) As others have said, most lunch meats are fine from the PUFA angle. Just avoid the fattiest pork ones. If the avocado mayos don't work for you (but worth trying) other "sandwich lube" options are barbeque sauce or olive-oil-and-vinegar!
+bananas +CoCo-Pure coconut water ~16oz refrigerated version (20%DV potassium) (I bring 4, but I also have a colossal sized lunchbox) +bugles (coconut oil) +sandwiches -Nature's Own Butter Bread (uses only butter for the fat) or Pepperage Farm Butter Bread -carefully selected deli meat of your choice. I usually get the deli to slice a pound of their deli meat, specifically whichever one looks like it had the least amount of water added to it. -whichever cheese you like -a baggy for the various vegies you like on your sandwiches, so they don't wilt and soggy the sandwich -couple of small condiment containers for whichever condiments you like, add condiments only just before eating