Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Thanks Joyce. Now I have a new question: how do you determine 10% of your diet? I understand Dr D's theory behind the 10/10/80, but haven't a clue as to how to figure a percentage of my food intake. Any hints as to how you do this? And why aren't the nuts included in the fat category? Thanks, Shari Viger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 Thanks, Attila. I'm going to have to work on this. Shari Viger - attila madaras RawSeattle Monday, September 08, 2003 4:35 PM Re: [RawSeattle] percentages I understand Dr D's> theory behind the 10/10/80, but haven't a clue as to> how to figure a percentage of my food intake. usually it's calorie-percentage-based a rather "theorethical" example (oversimplified) : a 25-50 years-old a c t i v e females need about 2,200 calories (sez who?), so: 10% = 220 cal protein 10% = 220 cal fat 80% =1760 cal fruits,vegetables which means you can eat: 10 1/4 cup of almonds = 35 g in weight as protein 10 1 small avo of 180 g as fat 80 4 bananas = 600 g 4 cup cherries = 600 g 3 mangoes = 600 g 1 small cantaloupe/honeydew = 450 g as large a vegetable salad as you can handle ( the leafier the better) ( i used lavon j. dunne's "nutrition almanach" ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 8, 2003 Report Share Posted September 8, 2003 I understand Dr D's > theory behind the 10/10/80, but haven't a clue as to > how to figure a percentage of my food intake. usually it's calorie-percentage-based a rather " theorethical " example (oversimplified) : a 25-50 years-old a c t i v e females need about 2,200 calories (sez who?), so: 10% = 220 cal protein 10% = 220 cal fat 80% =1760 cal fruits,vegetables which means you can eat: 10 1/4 cup of almonds = 35 g in weight as protein 10 1 small avo of 180 g as fat 80 4 bananas = 600 g 4 cup cherries = 600 g 3 mangoes = 600 g 1 small cantaloupe/honeydew = 450 g as large a vegetable salad as you can handle ( the leafier the better) ( i used lavon j. dunne's " nutrition almanach " ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 My understanding of the recommendation *would* put nuts into the fat category, and greens into the *protein* category, for the most part. I don't know for sure, though. I do know that fruits would make up the bulk of the carbohydrates. You can also break any one individual food item (for example, green leaf lettuce all by itself) into protein, fat, and carb amounts, because *every plant food* has *all three* of these " caloronutrients " (as Graham and his ilk call them). RawSeattle , " Shari V " <shavig@p...> wrote: > Thanks Joyce. Now I have a new question: how do you determine 10% of your diet? I understand Dr D's theory behind the 10/10/80, but haven't a clue as to how to figure a percentage of my food intake. > > Any hints as to how you do this? And why aren't the nuts included in the fat category? > > Thanks, Shari Viger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Good reminder Eric! For anyone interested in protein as a percentage of calories, I have compiled an extensive list of foods and their percentages: http://www.soystache.com/protein.htm Spirulina and watercress top the list! It's interesting to note those foods closest to " Milk, human " . That gives you one idea of what is ideal, at least at that age (infancy.) Jeff For those interested in fat as a percentage of calories, this page is still under construction, though the data is still there. It's just not quite as pretty! http://www.soystache.com/fat%.htm >My understanding of the recommendation *would* put nuts into the fat >category, and greens into the *protein* category, for the most part. >I don't know for sure, though. I do know that fruits would make up >the bulk of the carbohydrates. You can also break any one individual >food item (for example, green leaf lettuce all by itself) into >protein, fat, and carb amounts, because *every plant food* has *all >three* of these " caloronutrients " (as Graham and his ilk call them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 That's my understanding as well, Eric, of Graham's 8-1-1 thing. I always assumed what he actually meant was 80% fruit, 10% greens, and 10% fats (which would include nuts, seeds, olives, coconut, etc.) I'm sure he clarifies this somewhere, like perhaps on his website. If you apply the percentages to macronutrients (carbs, protein, fat) rather than to types of food (fruit, greens, nuts/seeds) the whole thing becomes prohibitively complex since, as you mention, every food has all three macronutrients in varying proportions. So, for purposes of simplifying, Shari, if you're just trying to keep your ratios somewhere in the 8-1-1 ballpark, you can take all the calories from whatever nuts you ate and put them all in the fat category, for example, and do the same with fruit and greens. That way you just have to know approximately how many calories each food has, and which category it fits in. Personally, I don't go to the trouble of tracking my intake, I just eat a head of lettuce or bunch of celery everyday and take care to only eat nuts a couple times a month. The rest is fruit. The simpler, the better, imo. If you do want to figure your ratios precisely, you can enter your daily intake of foods at the fitday.com site. It'll break each food item down to its relative macronutrient percentage. Nora Original Message: ----------------- Eric Scott Farris rawseattle Mon, 08 Sep 2003 23:11:39 -0000 RawSeattle [RawSeattle] Re: percentages My understanding of the recommendation *would* put nuts into the fat category, and greens into the *protein* category, for the most part. I don't know for sure, though. I do know that fruits would make up the bulk of the carbohydrates. You can also break any one individual food item (for example, green leaf lettuce all by itself) into protein, fat, and carb amounts, because *every plant food* has *all three* of these " caloronutrients " (as Graham and his ilk call them). RawSeattle , " Shari V " <shavig@p...> wrote: > Thanks Joyce. Now I have a new question: how do you determine 10% of your diet? I understand Dr D's theory behind the 10/10/80, but haven't a clue as to how to figure a percentage of my food intake. > > Any hints as to how you do this? And why aren't the nuts included in the fat category? > > Thanks, Shari Viger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Thanks Nora. That is pretty much how I eat - a bunch of kale, couple of toms the rest fruit. However, in place of nuts I do o.o. on my salad and I know that is a BIG no no with Doug. I'm workin' on it! Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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