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"Thifty" diet plan

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That T Woman - 05 May 2004 17:47 GMT
I came across this link in an article on the high cost of low carb diets.
It is *not* a low carb diet and since it comes from the USDA it may not be
as weight loss oriented as someone would like but it could give someone
living on a shoe-string some ideas for stretching their food $.

www.Cnpp.usda.gov/Pubs/Cookbook/thriftym.pdf

The original MSNBC article:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4901047/

HTH

Tonia
Dally - 06 May 2004 16:42 GMT
> I came across this link in an article on the high cost of low carb diets.
> It is *not* a low carb diet and since it comes from the USDA it may not be
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> Tonia

Breakfast ideas included ready-to-eat flaked cereal, english muffins,
bagels and white bread.  (Yes, they specified white bread.)  Nearly all
the meals were high-glycemic and contained too many empty calories
(i.e., from white bread) for me.  In fact, it says to base meals around
(white) rice and (refined flour) pasta.  I'd be undernourished and
hungry within my calorie budget on that diet.

If I were telling people how to live on not very much money I'd start
with oatmeal for breakfast, concentrate on veggies and cheap protein
sources (like skimmed milk cottage cheese and eggs and cheaper cuts of
fish and chicken) and fruits in season.  If they must have a starch,
choose brown rice, sweet potatoes or a hearty multi-grain bread with
lots of fiber and beans.

Dally
Steve - 07 May 2004 17:32 GMT
I'm sure it is about not wanting to upset the agribusinesses that
lobby them, but the USDA does seem to have a problem with pushing
refined carbs versus healthy whole grain products.

Steve

> > I came across this link in an article on the high cost of low carb diets.
> > It is *not* a low carb diet and since it comes from the USDA it may not be
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> Dally
 
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