The robot diet is what you would feed a robot version of yourself to keep it in optimum health.
It is the ultimate "food as medicine" plan, as robots have no consideration for flavor or texture. It is meant to be a thought experiment to help us consider why we eat what we do.
Everyone's robot eats differently,
but consider this list as a starting point.
Should be cooked
Should be blended (souped)
Limit to one serving/day
ACV
Arugula
Asparagus
Avocados
Beet greens
Beets
Blueberries
Bok choy
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cacao Nibs
Carrots
Cauliflower
Ceylon Cinnamon
Specifically ceylon; regular is high in heavy metals
Chia Seeds
Chick Peas
Cloves
Collard Greens
Cranberries
Cumin
Eggplant
Eggs
EVOO
Fennel
Flax Seeds
Garlic
Ginger
Hemp hearts
Hibiscus
Leeks
Lentils
Mint
Mushrooms
Mustard Greens
Peas
Pecans
Quinoa
Radishes
Raspberries
Red Cabbage
Red Onions
Saurkraut
Sea Vegetables
Squash
Strawberries
Sunflower Seeds
Swiss Chard
Turmeric
Walnuts
Water
Watercress
Zero added oils
Including: Sunflower oil, soybean oil, canola oil,
corn oil, olive oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil,
peanut oil, cottonseed oil, grapeseed oil, sesame oil.
No added sweeteners by other names
Agave nectar, allulose, aspartame, barley malt syrup, brown sugar,
coconut sugar, corn syrup, date syrup, dextrose, erythritol, fructose,
glucose syrup, high-fructose corn syrup, honey, invert sugar, isomalt,
lactose, maltitol, maltose, mannitol, maple syrup, molasses, monk fruit extract,
rice syrup, saccharin, sorbitol, stevia, sucralose, sugar, tagatose, trehalose,
turbinado sugar, yacon syrup, xylitol.
Do not burn food - No BBQ, no sauté, no frying, no charring
Full list of non-robot foods
Remember - this is a thought experiment. You're not a robot, so live it up.
The goal of this diet is be a hypothetical extreme that's meant to calibrate your understanding of health so that it is not corrupted by marketing and emotional biases. It's meant to make you realize why you eat what you do, and perhaps to gradually shift your decisions more towards the healthy extreme. That's it.
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