RE: was..Re: Looking for Research Op, Macronutrient ratios

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I lump macro nutrient ratios together with BMI as metrics that exist more because they're easy to calculate, than because they are meaningful. In the extremes BMI and macronutrient ratios will be somewhat predictive but in the large middle range they are just not that useful, IMO.

For example, one is probably better served by making marginal food choices based on the nutritional benefit of the individual foods, than how they might sway the macronutrient ratio...

JR

-----Original Message-----From: jwwright [mailto:jwwright@...]Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Looking for Research Opportunities

Sears wrote a lot of books and they have a lot of detailed tech data, but they are so incongruent, I could never figure out how to do the zone diet. His family cranks out a lot of books. I put them in the category between a library book and a textbook, but certainly way above the typical library book. Most books if I had an electronic copy I could remove the irrelevant, historical, repetitive info (BS) and MAYBE extract a single page of helpful data. Usually just reused hype.

The only sears book I own is the anti-aging zone.

I don't find the 30P-30F-40C ratio particularly useful, having found for myself 19-17-64 ratio works at the 1800kcal intake level. Some have reported needing more protein.

Hard to find a "legitimate" url. Look at the ricediet.com if you want to see a program that's been in existence since about 1940. Used for therapy then, now basically a weight-loss for obesers.

Regards.

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From: Rodney

Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 4:34 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Looking for Research Opportunities

Hi Eri:So you are looking for suggestions for a research project? How about this:"Marketing Hype versus Scientific Reality in Consumer Health Issues".Why did I think of that? Because I just accidentally tripped over Sears' website!!! God, I have never seen so much marketing hype in my life! Page after page of it. Clearly very carefully aimed at a potentially very profitable target market - those over age 40, beginning to suffer from age-related illnesses, and beginning to find they have some extra cash available.I don't know whether there is any scientific validity to his stuff, but I do know the hype persuades me to avoid him like the plague.

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