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What Google's Famous Cafeterias Can Teach Us About Health

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Re: What Google's Famous Cafeterias Can Teach Us About Health

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Post by nandemo »

nandemo wrote: post #68
dekayed wrote: post #6

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Unfortunately it seems to penalize people who choose to eat more fat vs. carbs.

No, since (as someone pointed out elsewhere in this thread), a gram of sugar has less than half of the calories in a gram of fat. If Alice and Berta both choose to consume exactly 2000 calories a day, but Alice chooses a low-fat diet while Berta chooses a low-carb one, then Berta will pay less according to that system. So it's not really a problem that sugar costs less; low-fat diet are still cheaper.

(Duh. I meant of course "low-carb diets are still cheaper")

Re: What Google's Famous Cafeterias Can Teach Us About Health

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Post by Afton »

rkowalick wrote: post #59
Afton wrote: post #47

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I'm very very sympathetic to this view. I eat a high-fat diet, and have for over a year. But Google is probably right to act conservatively here. Don't blame Google for following the Harvard Pyramid, blame the Harvard Pyramid. They're the ones with the responsibility to update the status quo.

You should probably look at the Harvard Pyramid before making judgments based on Google's interpretation: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~cearley/ChemWrld/foodpyramid/H... They recommend eating lots of healthy fats such as olive, canola, and peanut oil. They also have refined carbohydrates in the "use sparingly" category.

Thanks, but I did. And I'm still not criticizing their interpretation (which seems like a good faith read of the pyramid). I just disagree that the HP is the only way to eat healthily, and I'm mixed on whether the HP is a generally healthy way to eat.

Also, you may wish to dismiss me as crazy. I eat almost exclusively from the top left triangle. :)

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