On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Philip Thrift wrote:

> >Based on your comments here, I gather you consume about 4,000
> >kcal/day (3.5 to 4 lbs. of meat, plus other stuff).  20% of that
> >would be about 800 kcal, or 200g of utilizable carbs.  Is this
> >right?
>
> Hmm, is that a lot? Maybe it's less than that. Say you add up:

I'm basing it on your claim that you eat 3.5 to 4 lbs. of meat.
Assuming leaner meats, this would come to close to 4,000 kcal (an
average for meats is about 1,000 kcal/lb.).

> 1 cup chopped onion
> 1 cup chopped celery
> 1 orange
> 1 banana
> 2 cups cooked spinach
> 1 cup carrots
>
> I'll have to see what adds to.

I'm just guessing, but this looks to me to come to about 90g of
utilizable carbs.  Rounding it up to 100 for simplicity, then
that's 400 kcal from carbs, or 10% of your daily energy.

Incidentally, even though I'm significantly larger than you, I
gain fat like crazy eating this way.  I tried it.  But I only
work out two times a week.  That would explain it in part, but I
also suspect that there is a major metabolic difference between
us.

Todd Moody
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