>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

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