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The Food Bowl Solution is a simple way to create delicious and nutritious, all-in-one meals, which feature each of the plant-based food groups, and a sparing amount of animal-based foods. It is based upon the following principles:  

Principle 1: Keep your meals simple and balanced, as follows: 

• First, add to a food bowl a generous portion of cooked or raw greens and non-starchy vegetables from all colors of the rainbow; cut, sliced, grated, or spiralized the way you like them. 

• Second, then add to bowl, your choice of rice, beans, corn; or other grains; or starchy vegetables; or fruits, and berries, or a combination of all the above, sufficient to meet your energy needs.

• Third, then add 2 to 3 ounces of nuts, whole seeds, or animal products to bowl. Strive to limit animal products to 2 or 3 food bowls per week.
• Fourth, finally, drizzle dressing over food bowl ingredients and mix them together well. Then, garnish and serve!

Principle 2: Satisfy your hunger and nutritional needs with the fewest calories possible by eating only until your stomach is 80 percent full. Then, stop eating for at least ten minutes to see if hunger passes! If so, eat no more; and if not, eat a little more.  

Principle 3: Drink 20+ ounces of pure water or herbal tea with each meal, and as needed between meals to keep your urine clear or slightly yellow. 

Principle 4: If you are not hungry at mealtime, skip that meal, and drink water or herbal tea alone, until the next mealtime.  

Principle 5: Order your life in a way that nudges you to be physically active throughout the day.