At 09:56 AM 1/20/00 -0500, you wrote:
>On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Dr. James Alpigini wrote:
>
>> According to the Zone, I should be eating the following per day:
>>
>> 108 grams carb  432 calories
>> 84 grams protein        336 calories
>> 18 grams fat            162 calories
>>                         ------------------
>>                         930 calories
>
>Something's wrong here.  84g of protein is 12 blocks.  108g of
>carbs is also 12 blocks.  But 12 blocks of fat, at 3.3g per
>block, is about 40g, not 18.  And at 9 calories per gram, that
>would come to about 360 calories from fat, on a 12-block program.

It is not wrong according to Sears.  He contends that proteins contain
hidden fats, so even though a block of fat (he now calls them
"macroblocks") is 3 grams, you should only eat 1.5 grams, with the
remainder being made up from the hidden fats.  Ergo, a 12 block/day diet is
prescribed for my parameters, which is 930 calories per day.

I still say it is starvation levels.

I think Ray Audette has the right idea.  Between Neanderthin and Lyle
McDonalds writings I am regaining my strength and I hope to get the bodyfat
down to a dull roar.

Considering diet "gurus" brings to mind the line from Monty Python's Life
of Brian. (Paraphrasing)

"I'm not the messiah!!!"

"I say you are the messiah.  And I should know, I've followed enough!"

James at Penn State