On Tue, 23 May 2000, Amadeus Schmidt wrote:

> >I use Sears/Eades formulas and aim for about 140g of protein per
> >day.  That's based on my lean body mass of about 183, and a
> >"moderately active" lifestyle.
> Wow, thats alone 140*2.5 = 350 kcal in form of protein.

It's more.  Protein is about 4 (some sources say 4.5) kcal/gram.
So I'm getting something like 560 cal/day of protein.

> Hm in our discusstions a some years back you mentioned that
> w-3 ratio of brazil is extremely bad (380:1), while walnut was
> reasonable (4:1). (Almonds i dndn't look).
> If you look only at the ratios, the sum ratio might have
> been bad. Bette to leave out brazils for that? or equal out by
> flax of fish.

As far as I know, walnuts are the only nuts with a reasonably
good ERA ratio.  But I get tired of them after a while.

> But since a friend of mine who is dermatologist and allergologist
> reported that nut *allergies* are very frequent.
> You might also have encountered a nut allergy (perhaps hidden).

Maybe, but acne is an odd allergy symptom.  And it goes away if I
correct the EFA imbalance.  I regard this as one of the most
direct demonstrations of the correctness of the EFA ratio theory.
The clearing of gum disease is another.  It has long been known
that gum disease is correlated with heart disease risk.  The EFA
theory suggests an explanation for this correlation.

> The trick might be not to mix and to leave the wrong ones out.
> A hint is given by D'Adamos lectin reports.

Hmm.. I haven't looked at D'Adamo's book in some time.  Let me
dust it off and see what he says about nuts for type As...
Peanuts and pumpkin seeds are supposed to be highly beneficial,
and most other nuts are acceptable.  The "avoid" nuts are
brazils, cashews, and pistachios.  Of the three, brazils are the
only ones that I routinely eat.  Ah well, I still don't know what
to make of his theory.

Todd Moody
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