>The fat content of a food, like the sugar content, adds nothing to its >nutrient content. Ah, but fat in and of itself is required to sustain human life. No one wants to hear or admit that, but it's true. Even the feds admmit, via the pyramid, you should get 30% of your calories from fat. Fat is a high-octane fuel. >It's interesting to consider whether a CRON diet involving fasting >every other day, with normal eating on the other days, would be less >psychologically oppressive than constant hunger. The quotation that >Amadeus posted from the benbest web site indicated that this way of >doing CRON actually worked better with lab animals. Which makes perfect sense; clearly, there are times in the wild you have to go without for a while. I could easily fast every other day if I ate plenty of fat, enough protein and a few good carbs. But if I alternated fasting with eaing rice cakes and celery, I'd be the bitch from hell! Dori Zook Denver, CO _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.