[MindDiet]

This is the Mind diet
MIND diet checklist. Goal is15 points. 15 checks.

10 brain-boosting foods. Include these:
Daily:
□ Whole grains – at least 3 servings per day (1 serving = 1/2 cup cooked whole grains like oatmeal or brown rice, 1 slice of bread, etc.)
□ Vegetables – 1 serving daily (1 serving = 1/2 cup)
□ Leafy greens – 6 servings weekly (1 serving = 1 cup raw or 1/2 cup cooked)
□ Wine – 1 glass per day (1 glass = 5 ounces)

Most Days:
□ Nuts – 5 servings weekly (1 serving = 1/4 cup)
□ Olive oil as the main source of fat

Twice a Week (or More):
□ Beans – 3 servings per week (1 serving = 1/2 cup cooked)
□ Poultry, not fried – 2 servings a week (1 serving = 3 ounces cooked or the size of a deck of cards)
□ Berries, like blueberries and strawberries – at least 2 servings a week (1 serving = 1/2 cup)

Once a week:
□ Fish, not fried – at least 1 serving a week (1 serving = 3 ounces cooked)

5 brain-harming foods. Limit these:
□ Butter – less than 1 tablespoon per day (1 serving = 1 tablespoon)
□ Fried fast food – less than 1 serving per week (1 serving = 1 medium serving of French fries)
□ Full-fat cheese – less than 1 serving per week (1 serving = 1 ounce, approximately the size of your thumb or 2 tablespoons shredded)
□ Red meat – less than 4 servings per week (1 serving = 3 ounces cooked)
□ Pastries and sweets – less than 5 servings per week (1 serving = 1/2 cup ice cream, 1 doughnut, 1/8 slice of pie

#####Likely I will eat NO redmeat or butter but Iguess the brain harming foods can go along with the bonus weekly points WW has.

I am hoping that point experts can look at the 10 brain boosting foods that I WILL follow, on a daily weekly and estimate for me HOW MANY POINTS does that eat up in a day?

So I can know how many points would be left for regular daily to round it out.

This will determine whether I am joining WW this coming week. I am very inexperienced so I need help making a weight losing diet with the Mind Diet parameters.

So thank you thank you in advance!


ps I forgot to put the or??? Would be better off with an exhange diet, or something different still?

[MindDiet]

pps forgot to say that from reading the web Id be 30 points daily.

Thank you

[Koshka]

That is complicated. Most non-starchy vegetables are zero points as are the berries. Just eyeballing it I would think you could fit that into a WW points allowance of 30 points a day. A lot of it depends on how it is prepared and the size of the serving. I'm not sure about the alcohol since I don't drink. I do eat a serving of nuts everyday and I mostly use olive oil when I cook. But, just too broad a question to be able to answer.

[MindDiet]

Thank you for the response.
Spose I should do it by calories and forget about WW.

[Koshka]

I think you could do it by either. I actually both count calories and WW points.