From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 08:16:02 MDT
I would define a meta-rule to make most if not all
other rules superfluous:
Meta-Rule:
In addition to about 8 glasses of water per day,
consume a diverse diet of nutrient-dense foods, where
nutrient density is defined as Nutrients/Calories
(N/C), calculated thusly:
g = grams
N = protein g + fiber g + vitamins g + minerals g +
phytonutrients g + non-saturated fats g
C = calories
and "nutrient dense foods" is defined as "foods from
roughly the top 1/2 of a list of foods sorted
according to N/C."
By making the diet diverse from the higher N/C foods
one will be sure to consume a reasonably balanced diet
containing all important nutrients. The formula for
nutrient density should be and can be further refined
by calculating reasonable factors for the variables in
the numerator (specifically to give greater weight to
vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, such that they
are not insignificant vs the much higher greater gram
weights of proteins and healthy fats), but in general
this skeleton formula above will lead to a very
healthy diet.
PS. By eliminating low nutrient density foods, the
diet will be a reasonable approximation of the
paleodiet upon which our species evolved. Do not
however cite this supposed coincidence to your friends
as evidence in favor of paleodiet theory unless you
want bored nay-sayers among them to suggest that you
have no good understanding of evolution science, or
that you are a Luddite in disguise, or some other such
thing.
-gts
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