Sqwertz > wrote:

>On Mon, 8 Mar 2010 04:08:50 +0000 (UTC), Steve Pope wrote:

>> A Banquet chicken pot pie is 380 calories... so it's about 1/5 of
>> one day's nutrition for the average person. Not a meal by itself
>> for most people.

>Not all nutrition comes in form of calories. If you just count
>calories (and fat), the average American will max out pretty
>quickly.

>But if you want 100% of the rest of the "good for you" stuff, then
>it's nearly impossible to get 100% of those and not max out on the
>kcals + fat first.

This is true, but OTOH if you have 200 calories of complete
protein in the 2000 random calories you consume, you are at your
daily reference value for protein, and you are not going
to experience outright starvation. You may exhibit vitamin
deficiencies, symptoms of excessive fat or insufficient fiber
but these will develop pretty slowly.

Steve