Re: Fruit, cereal and milk for dinner: is that well-balanced?

jmk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> On 11/25/2003 7:14 PM, ss wrote:
> > Milk (1%) has no protein or fat?   
> 
> Not in TC's world, apparently!
> 
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tcomeau) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > 
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (ss) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >>
> >>>Some nights my first choice for dinner is a mixture of fruit, shredded
> >>>wheat cereal, and 1% milk.  This seems like a healthy dinner to me,
> >>>but i'm not sure.  Tonight's fruit included: banana, apple, raisens,
> >>>mango (frozen then defrosted in microwave), and raspberries (also
> >>>frozen then defrosted in microwave).  That's pretty much the typical
> >>>fruit, though sometimes i'll include peaches, blueberries, cherries
> >>>instead.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Virtually no protein and no fat. How the hell would anyone consider
> >>that even close to being well balanced? Even the atrocious food
> >>pyramid suggests 10% of calories from protein and 30% of calories from
> >>fat. Read "The Zone" by Barry Sears to find out what a real properly
> >>balanced diet looks like.
> >>
> >>TC

You would need 4 large (12 oz) glasses of 1% milk to come close to the
amounts of fat and/or protein needed at one meal. One cup would not
nearly be enough for one meal, nevermind the most important meal of
the day.... breakfast.

TC