sample diet (was Re: Applicability of CR to Humans)

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>

> There is maybe an optimum set of foods that provide the right vitamins and

minerals,

but that merely scratches the surface maybe.

> There are literally thousands of " herbs " that provide thousands of chemicals

for a

thousand activities and we have very little data inre to those.

>

> So I don't see the task so much as reducing calories or weight as is it

finding those

things I can eat that will help and not do harm. Probably each persons

requirements will

be different.

>

> Perhaps:

> 4 oz prune juice

> 8 oz orange juice (no Ca and vit D added)

> 0.5 tsp of cod liver oil

> 1.4 oz walnuts

> 2 oz carrots

> 7 oz canned papaya, guava, pineapple

>

> 2 oz of whole kernel bread

> 3 oz chicken breast, mustard,

> vinegar,

> salsa made with tomatoes, red chili peppers, red sweet peppers, onions, garlic

> romaine lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, spinach, mixed other salad greens,

chopped

celery (2 oz)

> steamed broccoli, cauliflower, celery, green beans with rosemary,

> yellow corn, English peas, immature limas or black eyed peas,

> baked sweet potato

>

> 0.5 oz of peanuts,

>

> plain yogurt with blueberries or cherries

>

> no cabbage, no MV, no dried beans of any kind cooked any way, not more than 2

oz of

raw celery.

>

> Just my take.

Why are you explicitly excluding the above items? Fermented cabbage

(i.e., sauerkraut and kimchi) have recently received much good press

for their health-sustaining properties, mostly due to the lactobacillus.

And beans, with all those " yummy " glucans, etc., why not include them?

Are you referencing their relatively high calorie content? In moderation,

however, I think you can add them, especially as your proposal here is

that ON is more important than CR.

Thanks,

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