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

On 12/1/2003 4:37 PM, tcomeau wrote:
> jmk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> > On 11/25/2003 7:14 PM, ss wrote:
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> > > Milk (1%) has no protein or fat?   
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> > Not in TC's world, apparently!
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> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tcomeau) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ss) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> > > > > 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
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> 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

Protein or fat content?

Let's see, I weighed 136 this morning.  According to the USDA, I need 
.36 grams of protein per pound (less than that, according to WHO)

136 * .36 = 49 grams of protein needed
If 1/3 of the protein requirement is consumped at each meal, that's 
16.34 grams needed per meal

Milk has 8 grams of protein per cup (8 oz).  The poster had 12 oz so 
that's 12 grams of protein from the milk plus whatever amout of protein 
is in the rest of the meal.  The OP mentioned eating shredded wheat 
cereal which has 7 grams of protein per 1.25 cup serving.  That makes 19 
grams of protein.

As for fat content, the cereal has 1 g of fat per serving and the milk 
has 3 g (for the 12 oz.) so that's only 4 g of fat where the target 
amount for someone of my weigh would be no more that 60 grams per day. 
The problem that I see with this is that 3 of the 4 grams of fat are 
saturated fat.

Also, while eating the fruits is a great, eating vegetables is important 
as well.
--
jmk in NC