Sardinia diet proposal

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Below is a proposal for studying the Sardinian diet.

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From: " rwalkerad1970 " <rwalkerad1970@y...>

Date: Sun Nov 14, 2004 7:49 am

Subject: Re: Sardinia Centenarians

Love this article as it fits perfectly with the Walford/Okinawa food

pyramid (some meat/poultry, fish, bit more dairy (including some

cheese), some beans, nuts and grains and plenty of fruit and veg and

redwine or maybe grapejuice and keep active). No processed foods and

no need to start restricting food groups. ...

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We argue about whether 35% fat is too much and Ornish's 10% is too

little. We are always discussing the proportions of macronutrients

that should be in our diet without reaching much agreement. The

Sardinia diet is an example of a " Mediterranean " diet on which

centenarians thrive and which should be of great interest to this

group. The links with the recipes make it possible to do a complete

nutritional analysis that might benefit this group. Wouldn't it be

nice to derive some nutritional guidance from a community of

well-established centenarians, instead of each of us experimenting

with various nutritional profiles? We have looked at the Okinawan

diet, but fish, seaweed and sweet potatoes do not sound as tasty as

the Sardinian dishes. Does anybody in this group follow the Okinawan

diet? I doubt if anybody does. However, a Sardinian diet might be

more practical for us.

It would be useful to know, for example,

1) In a 2000 cal/day Sardinian diet, what are the relative proportions

of protein, fat, and carbohydrates? (both in calories and grams)

2) What are the relative proportions of dairy, meat, grains,

vegetables, and wine?

3) Subdivisions of the type and amount of dairy (goat, cow, milk,

yogurt,cheese), meat (fish, goat, sheep, beef), grains (barley, wheat,

legumes), vegetables (cruciferous, leafy green, starchy).

This is not a hard problem for someone with nutritional software, and

the results would be beneficial to all of us.

I was impressed by the large number of ingredients in the recipes. I

am sure that the variety is able to compensate for any nutritional

deficiencies in any one of the components. Again, a nutritional

analysis should provide some good insights.

http://www.mensjournal.com/healthFitness/0410/longevity_secrets.html

http://www.mensjournal.com/healthFitness/0410/longevity_recipes.html

Tony