aem > writes:
>SteveR wrote:
>>[snip]
>> I also wanted to have a "control" diet, with two healthy meals -
>> breakfast and dinner - and a McLunch. This would be a second
>> function of the program, where it uses healthy food at breakfast
>> and dinner, and simulates someone going out for fast food at lunch.
>> Again, the program would average the results over the entire McDo
>> lunch-time menu.
>>
>> I'm looking for suggestions for the breakfast and dinner meals -
>> something healthy, but something that "regular folks" might eat if
>> they were trying to eat healthily rather than what nutritionists
>> would suggest. [snip]
>
>First question has to be, What do you mean by "healthy"? It's not
>enough to say "regular folks". All the various diet congregations are
>going to assume you mean Their Diet, and even the U.S. Government has
>new guidelines. So, are you looking for balance, low fat, low salt,
>low carb, fruitarian, vegan, whale meat and seal oil -- please define
>your objective. -aem

The objective is balanced, not too much refined sugar, and following
calorie intake guidelines. McDonald's says that their food is good as
part of a balanced diet, and I'd like to frame it as such, with lunch at
McDonald's and breakfast and dinner as the non-fast food part of the
balanced diet.

The other thing I should have specified is the US/UK factor. I live in
the UK, and Morgan Spurlock did his dietary experiment in the US, and
I'd like to get the balanced diet thing to reflect US tastes rather than
my own tastes, influenced by the UK.

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