The overachiever in me overstuffed the sandwich as usual!
Optional Paleo, vegan, gluten, wheat, dairy, soy, nut and refined sugar free (depends on the bread!)
Serves 1
Ingredients:
- Wholegrain bread (optional Paleo or gluten free)
- Butter (olive oil if vegan or dairy free)
- Lettuce
- Cucumber
- Tomato
- Sprouts
- Avocado
- Optional protein: cheese, boiled egg, chicken, turkey, salmon or leftover meat from dinner
Method:
- Throw together in a sandwich and enjoy!
Fun Fact!! Every day for lunch growing up I had an “Energy Sandwich” filled with lettuce, cucumber, tomato, sprouts and avo. This formed the basis of a healthy lunch (along with an apple) I ate for many years.
At the time this Energy Sandwich didn’t contain protein because my parents followed a food combining diet called “Fit For Life”.
Long story short this lifestyle involves eating fruit, carbs and protein in different meals e.g. fruit only for breakfast, carbs + salad for lunch and protein + veggies for dinner. For enhanced energy and better digestion (they believe) because fruit, carbs and protein all take different amounts of time to digest.
I dug up the old book when I was 16 and tried the diet religiously. Although I thought I felt great at the time, the restriction made it too difficult to sustain weight. I was literally eating 10 pieces of fruit to get me through to lunch time!
My recommendation now is 2-3 servings of fruit per day, for many reasons. Most importantly for blood sugar and liver health. Excess fructose (fruit sugar) puts a lot of pressure on the liver, increases blood sugar (insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes), triglycerides, cholesterol, uric acid and gout.
While separating carbs and protein may be helpful for some people, fruit-only for breakfast isn’t suitable for most of us because having low blood sugar and being hangry is no fun for anyone (you or your poor family/friends/work colleagues)!
There is no way I would do this diet now being in-tune with my metabolic type (protein type). And when I do eat a sandwich now I always add protein to it to create a balanced meal with all 3 macros (carbs, fat and protein).