jmcquown > writes:
>SteveR wrote:
>> 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.
>
>Well, I think this is an interesting program for you to create. I live in
>the U.S. and I eat a lot of fish - broiled, baked, grilled. Ditto veggies -
>steamed or baked. I can't say I've never had a "McLunch" but it's been
>about 10 years since I did so. I make a lot of food so I can take leftovers
>for my McQuown lunch to the office
>
>Breakfast, however - sausage and biscuits (the bread kind, like scones - not
>cookies like you call them in the U.K.). Lunch is normally my biggest meal
>of the day. Leftover pot roast, steamed veggies, some tatties.
>
>Dinner is chicken stew; pan-fried white fish topped with spinach and feta
>cheese; veal piccata. Baked acorn squash. Globe artichokes stuffed with
>breadcrumbs and shrimp. Steamed brussels sprouts.
>
>Does this help?

Yes, thanks. That's just the sort of thing I was looking for. Sounds
delicious. Can you give approximate sizes? From that, I'll be able to
calculate dietary parameters - calories, amount of fat, etc.

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