In a message dated 8/21/2010 10:46:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
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With all this discussion about the Optimal Diet I am now wondering what
exactly the due body weight means. Is this the weight he wants patients to
get to? Mine was 73 kilos and like I stated, that is about 10 kilos more
than I like to weigh. So would I then take the weight I feel good at and
calculate the ratios based on that?

Hi Kristina,
 
I too found that Kwasniewski's purported "ideal" body weights -- even 
taking into consideratio his plus or minus 10% -- is simply too heavy.  If you 
get his book -- you will see that he seems quite specific about what an ideal 
weight is -- perhaps this is cultural.  I would be interested to see how 
people accomplish the tremendously high fat amounts without resorting to 
drinking heavy cream or pouring seriously high amounts of oil over their food.  On 
paleo -- according to fitday, I average about a 70% fat diet.  But my fat 
gram amounts are less than half of what Kwaskieski would say is acceptable.  
My meat sources are fatty -- turkey sausage (I don't buy the lean ones -- I 
get Shelton's brand) and grass-fed rib lamb chops with fat intact or other 
grass fed meat.  I eat a daily can of sardines packed in oil.  I also have 
been eating 4+ eggs per day --soft boiled. I eat lots of avocado and lately, 
pumpkin seeds.  If I need oil on veggies -- it's coconut or olive oil.  But 
the absolute amounts of fat are still 50% less than the Optimal Diet would 
require. But even pats of butter would require 5 plus additional tablespoons.  
If one could drink cups of cream -- maybe they could get there.  Adding 
sufficient fat also dramatically increases calories and I'm not sure 
hypercaloric diets day in and day out are good for anyone.  Why force more calories 
than need simply to achieve a purportedly magical ratio? But even pats of 
butter would require 5 plus additional tablespoons. Before investing in the 
book, I would suggest simply following the ratios indicated on the Optimal Diet 
web sites and see if the diet works for you.