1. Increased protein intake
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If your meatloaf is made with good-quality ground meat, this can be an excellent source of high-quality protein. And this nutrient is absolutely essential for building and repairing tissues, supporting your immune system, and even maintaining healthy hair, skin, and nails!
2. Nutritional deficiencies
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However, despite meatloaf having the potential to provide you with some essential nutrients, if you only eat meatloaf every day, over time, you might become deficient in certain nutrients, vitamins, and minerals. This is because they might not be present in your meatloaf.
3. Feeling fuller for longer
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Despite this, because meatloaf tends to have a high protein and fat content, it might provide you with a good sense of fullness, satisfaction, and comfort and this is going to reduce your hunger throughout the day and potentially stop you from reaching for unhealthy snacks.
4. Increased thirst
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Meatloaf can be quite high in sodium, and depending on the sodium content of your meatloaf recipe and your overall fluid intake day to day, eating a meatloaf-based diet, or only meatloaf for a period of time may contribute to increased thirst or even dehydration.
5. Impact on blood lipid levels
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Meatloaf is high in sodium and saturated fat. Therefore, if you eat the high-fat dish every day for a prolonged period, this could possibly affect your blood lipid levels. And this can have a significant effect on your cholesterol levels, as well as your total triglycerides.
6. Impacts on cardiovascular health
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If you consume meatloaf every day, you're potentially increasing your intake of saturated fat and sodium. And a diet that is high in both saturated fat and sodium may impact your cardiovascular health. This is particularly if you consume meatloaf every day in the long term.
7. Increased sodium intake
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Depending on your meatloaf recipe, if you eat it every day, you might be contributing to an increased sodium intake. This is because a lot of the time, meatloaf is commonly packed with added salts and condiments. Increased sodium in your diet over time can contribute to increased blood pressure.
8. Impact on cholesterol levels
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Again, it does depend on your recipe and the type of meat that you use for your meatloaf, but if you eat it every day, this could potentially have a significant effect on your cholesterol levels. These may increase due to increased intake of saturated and trans fats.
9. Insufficient fiber intake
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If you're filling up on meatloaf every day, you're potentially taking in less fiber. This is because meatloaf generally lacks significant amounts of dietary fiber. And this is essential for your overall digestive health because if you don't consume enough, you're going to have problems with your gut.
10. Impacts on digestive health
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So with the lack of dietary fiber in your diet due to eating meatloaf every day, your digestive health is potentially going to suffer. Without dietary fiber, you're probably going to feel bloated and sluggish, and your belly is going to probably feel very uncomfortable after a prolonged period.
11. Constipation
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If you do not consume enough dietary fiber in your diet, which is probably the case if you are eating meatloaf every day, your digestive system will begin to slow down. And when your digestive system slows down, this can lead to you experiencing uncomfortable constipation.
12. Weight gain
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Meatloaf tends to contain high levels of fat. And, again, this does depend on your recipe and the quality of meat that you use. However, if it is high in fat, consuming it every day, particularly if you consume it in large quantities, is potentially going to lead to weight gain over time.
13. Increased saturated fat intake
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Depending on the quality of the ground meat that you use, as well as other ingredients in your recipe, meatloaf can be rather high in saturated fats. This means that if you eat meatloaf every day for a week, you are increasing your saturated fat intake, and therefore increasing your risk of certain health issues including obesity, high cholesterol, and heart problems.
14. Increased risk of foodborne illnesses
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If you eat meatloaf every day for a week or longer, you might be putting yourself at a higher risk of contracting foodborne illnesses, such as food poisoning. This is more likely if you don't cook or store your meatloaf correctly and can cause stomach cramps, nausea, and sickness.
15. Reduced consumption of whole foods
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If you're eating meatloaf every day, you're likely to feel fuller for longer due to its potential to increase satiety. So it therefore might not leave much room for any other kinds of essential foods, including whole foods, including grains like oats, which are absolutely packed with vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
16. Reduced consumption of plant-based foods
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Eating meatloaf every day might not only reduce your intake of whole grains, but your might also skip other kinds of plant-based foods like fruits and vegetables. If you skip plant-based foods and whole grains you're going to limit your intake of the nutrients they provide including fiber, antioxidants, and phytochemicals.
17. Changes to the gut microbiome
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Now, we're not saying that if you eat meatloaf every day, that this is all you eat but a diet that is solely focussed on meatloaf has the potential to affect and even alter the diversity and composition of your gut microbiome. This has the potential to negatively affect your digestion, immunity, and overall health.
18. Impacts on dental health
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As you might know, meatloaf is pretty soft and doesn't really require much mechanical chewing. And mechanical chewing is actually essential for the health of your teeth and gums. So eating meatloaf every day can have an impact on your dental health and oral hygiene.
19. Iron deficiency
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Even though meatloaf is commonly made with ground red meat, which is known to be rich in iron, a meatloaf-centric diet can have some implications on your iron absorption. This is because if your diet doesn't contain vitamin C, your body's ability to absorb iron is significantly reduced.
20. Reduced intake of antioxidants
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Again, it all depends on your recipe and the ingredients you use, but it is likely that meatloaf doesn't commonly contain significant amounts of antioxidants that you would usually find in plant-based foods like fruit and vegetables. This can impact your health as antioxidants play a role in fighting oxidative stress and reducing the risk of chronic diseases.
21. Impact on kidney health and function
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Eating meatloaf every day for a prolonged period of time can also put a strain on your kidneys and affect their overall health of them and significantly impact how they function. This is even more likely if you already have a pre-existing and ongoing kidney condition.
22. Emotional impact
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You might even experience more emotional and psychological impacts, particularly if you eat an exclusive meatloaf diet each day. It can get incredibly monotonous eating the same thing day in, day out and can potentially really affect your emotional well-being and satisfaction with your meals.
23. Reduced intake of essential fatty acids
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Depending on the quality, type, and fat content of the meat that your use in your meatloaf recipe, if you eat it every day, particularly if you eat it exclusively or with a limited amount of other types of food, it's likely that you're getting insufficient amounts of essential omega-3 fatty acids.
24. Comfort and satisfaction
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It's not all bad though. Meatloaf is loved and enjoyed as a classic comfort food that provides meal satisfaction, happiness, and enjoyment. It's delicious taste and moist texture can make it pleasurable to eat and therefore promote positive emotions that are associated with food.
25. Customization and creativity
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Making meatloaf is also a great opportunity to showcase your creativity in the kitchen. It's so versatile and highly customizable, meaning that it allows for flexibility when choosing your ingredients, including lean meats, herbs, spices, vegetables, and even plant-based options.
26. Potential for nutrient density
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Despite there being the potential to become deficient in certain nutrients if you exclusively eat meatloaf, due to its versatility, it could actually have a good potential for nutrient density. Especially if it contains various ingredients such as vegetables, herbs, and spices that can provide vitamins, minerals, and even antioxidants!
27. Leftovers!
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Meatloaf is absolutely amazing, convenient, and so versatile for leftovers, whether you're making it with leftovers or it is leftover itself. Leftover food from your meals can be added to your meatloaf recipe, depending on what it is, and your leftover meatloaf can also be used in sandwiches, crumbled into salads or pasta dishes, or even in casseroles or stuffed vegetables!
28. Limited exposure to diverse culinary delights
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Despite the good points, though, it is important to remind you that a diet that is not varied and only focuses on one type of food can be unhealthy, not only for your body but for your own experiences too! It can narrow your mind to food and prevent you from experiencing other culinary delights!
29. Impact on food habits
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If you're not experiencing other flavors or textures, you can really impact your eating habits and it might be that you could develop a habit of turning your nose up to anything else if it doesn't taste or feel like meatloaf. So you may be stuck with a limited diet that could impact your overall health.
30. Boredom
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Ultimately, meatloaf can be a versatile and delicious food to add to an already varied diet, but eating it every day can really limit your exposure and intake of essential nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that your body needs for optimum health. And eating just one thing every day can get really boring too so open your culinary horizons! There's a lot of other delicious food out there to try!