My apologies Greg - I was just trying to help.

I hope this helps you Greg...

I find The World's Healthiest Foods website provides some useful information, and the following link lists the nutrients that are essential. If you go through them they also includes major sources - you could check if you are eating food for each nutrient.

http://www.whfoods.com/nutrientstoc.php

If you aren't eating the major sources you could go through and check the nutritional profiles of each food you do tend to eat on the food list here...

http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

Of course we don't know if this info is correct but may serve as a research startpoint.
Good luck and I hope you find the answer you seek 

I think Greg may want to know which ones and why...I too would like some more clarification on this point of view. Like a doc might tell me to "eat meat - you need it" I wouldn't just blindly believe him!

Thanks Jungle...we're on exactly the same page. 

RGG,

Can you explain what's caused you to change your mind about the need for veggies?  I'm currently of the view that vege's aren't necessary for reasons such as,
1. There doesn't appear to be any nutrients that are only in vegetables.
2. Most, if not all vegetables are tough to digest in their natural state (at least compared to fruits and tender greens).
3. According to VB in Green For Life other anthropoids only consume veg as a last resort.
4. Veges don't taste that great to me in their natural state.

If you have other knowledge I want to know what it is.

Thanks,

Steve

Thanks Jen.  That's what I thought too, but then wouldn't it make sense to eat raw meat and eggs just in case there's an undiscovered nutrient that occurs only in them?

That is the million dollar question that I have been asking of late, after having such a 'restricted' / limited diet over the last few years.

example:  the concepts of ormus or glyconutrients, which are still being discovered/explained/identified further.

Similar to what Neet is going through, ...   I used to feel fantastic on just fruit and greens for extended periods of time. It got to the stage where I had no desire for vegetables whatsoever. Especially root vegetables. Yuck. The more and more fruit I ate, that is all I wanted.

Morning sickness forced me to change my diet, whether I wanted to or not. This was unexpected. I had anticipated continuing throughout my pregnancy to eat mainly fruit and greens, with a few tomatoes, cucumbers, avocados and coconuts thrown in. Apparently the baby / universe had other plans!

Now I feel fantastic including a wider variety of foods, such as vegetables and some animal products. I still have the desire to eat just as many greens and fruit, too. Also, foods that I had no desire (or need??) for for years are starting to become desirable again (such as fish, and crunchy veg like carrot and red cabbage), and actually make me feel good (physically, not just mentally/emotionally).

Which leads me to the conclusion that my body is gaining something that it needs from them, that I had been lacking in  (or perhaps the growing baby needs these nutrients).

I would personally rather experiment with any new foods, whether they are raw or cooked, and vegan or non-vegan, rather than reaching for a supplement pill.

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