Re: New food pyramid coming


Jim Chinnis wrote:
> "Bob (this one)" <Bob@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:
>
> >Jeff wrote:
> >> "Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> >>
> >>> Jeff wrote:
> >>
> >> (...)
> >>
> >>>> The guidelines, which were the basis for revising the pyramid,
> >>>> include eating 2 cups of fruit and 2 1/2 cups of vegetables a
> >>>> day; eating 3 ounces of whole-grain foods a day and drinking 3
> >>>> cups of fat-free or lowfat milk a day.
> >>>
> >>> It is unwise to mix units when quantifying food.
> >
> >This, of course is nonsense as any recipe will attest.
> >
> >Bob
>
> I can't believe I'm posting in this thread, but here goes:
>
> While I think the 2-pound/2-Omer/32-avoirdupois-ounce diet is
> lunacy as a whole, the idea of weighing everything is a good one.

Nothing wrong with using a scale. Nothing wrong with limiting portion
sizes according to weight. Not exactly a new idea either.

> I say this as a frustrated dieter and tracker of my own diet and
> weight. If I try to use any of the popular software packages that
> purport to assist dieters and tracking, I find that I must juggle
> things like cups, fluid ounces, ounces, grams, tablespoons,
> "medium-size," "large," etc. If I want to track nutrients, it
> becomes even worse, given the simplistic idiocy of the US
> nutritional information labels.

Manufacturers are only required to put certain information on their
labels. Beyond listing ingredients, the only "nutritional" information
required is sodium, vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and
iron as a percentage of RDA (which is virtually meaningless). Any other
information you find on a label is wholly voluntary.


> I have a kitchen scale. (Imagine that!) It was inexpensive. I
> could measure everything I eat in grams. (I could use ounces, but
> then the scale forces me to convert fractions and the original
> whole food item is almost always labeled in grams, anyway.)
>
> Why, oh why, can't diet software (and recipes) even in the
> ounce-pound-cup-tablespoon-teaspoon-bogged USA work with grams?!
>
> <end of rant>
> --
> Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA

Your scale measures food weight. You determine what you put into your
body and must determine it's relative value. What you put on that
scale, may determine how hungry you feel, whether or not your body is
getting the nutritional value and fuel you need, and ultimately whether
you will succeed.

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