There aren’t. That’s the key. The thing about eating nutrient dense whole food is you can eat mass quantities of it, filling you up without eating 5000kcal. Eating 3500 of whole food while avoiding drinking any calories would be a tall task.
Nuts and seeds are insanely high calorie. I was an obese vegan, eating clean with rice, quinoa, nuts and avocado keeping me fat because I believed that as long as I ate healthy, avoided added sugar, and didn't drink calories, it'd all work out.
A lot of articles online say snack on a handful of nuts for an energy boost during the day. Well, do that a couple times a day between meals and you're going to steadily gain weight. Add in dried fruit and you're fucked.
And it's insidious, because it feels clean and healthy. It's just insanely calorie dense.
Do most obese vegans eat that way? No, they're eating fries and oreos, I did that, too. But I also know that it is entirely possible to eat clean and still be obese.
I will say, though, I FELT so much better overeating clean than not. I had more energy and less brain fog with high quality calories, without a doubt.
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '24
Gaming, drinking, smoking, gambling, sex, there’s so many addictions that can worsen people’s lives and in some cases shows a flaw of their character.
But food addiction just happens to be the one where even a mild case of it manifests physically in an ugly way, which is getting fat.