www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2000/C/200002084.html
Basically, it's a study to see what the cheapest subsistence diet would be, meeting minimum nutritional requirements.
"...the optimal solution diet for a 25-50 year old man consists, on a daily basis, of 1.31 cups of wheat flour, 1.32 cups of rolled oats, 16 fluid ounces of milk, 3.86 tablespoons of peanut butter, 7.28 tablespoons of lard, 0.0108 ounces of beef liver, 1.77 bananas, 0.0824 of an orange, 0.707 cup of shredded cabbage, 0.314 of a carrot, 0.387 of a potato, and 0.53 cup of pork and beans. The daily cost of this diet is $1.78."
"The optimal solution diet for a 25-50 year old woman consists, on a daily basis, of 1.13 cups of wheat flour, 1.61 cups of rolled oats, 16.7 fluid ounces of milk, 3.31 tablespoons of peanut butter, 2.59 tablespoons of lard, 0.00724 ounces of beef liver, 1.2 bananas, 0.234 of an orange, 0.561 cup of shredded cabbage, 0.219 of a carrot, 0.384 of a potato, and 0.297 cup of pork and beans. The daily cost of this diet is $1.47."
I've been wondering if I could actually survive on the lowest USDA food plan, and now that looks absolutely luxurious!
Maybe it could work, now and again:
Breakfast--o.j., oatmeal and milk
Lunch-pb and banana on whole wheat, carrot sticks, with a liverwurst sandwich about once a week as a change
Dinner-beans, whole wheat rolls, coleslaw, baked potato
(Not sure how I could eat all that lard, or that I'd want to!)
Basically, it's a study to see what the cheapest subsistence diet would be, meeting minimum nutritional requirements.
"...the optimal solution diet for a 25-50 year old man consists, on a daily basis, of 1.31 cups of wheat flour, 1.32 cups of rolled oats, 16 fluid ounces of milk, 3.86 tablespoons of peanut butter, 7.28 tablespoons of lard, 0.0108 ounces of beef liver, 1.77 bananas, 0.0824 of an orange, 0.707 cup of shredded cabbage, 0.314 of a carrot, 0.387 of a potato, and 0.53 cup of pork and beans. The daily cost of this diet is $1.78."
"The optimal solution diet for a 25-50 year old woman consists, on a daily basis, of 1.13 cups of wheat flour, 1.61 cups of rolled oats, 16.7 fluid ounces of milk, 3.31 tablespoons of peanut butter, 2.59 tablespoons of lard, 0.00724 ounces of beef liver, 1.2 bananas, 0.234 of an orange, 0.561 cup of shredded cabbage, 0.219 of a carrot, 0.384 of a potato, and 0.297 cup of pork and beans. The daily cost of this diet is $1.47."
I've been wondering if I could actually survive on the lowest USDA food plan, and now that looks absolutely luxurious!
Maybe it could work, now and again:
Breakfast--o.j., oatmeal and milk
Lunch-pb and banana on whole wheat, carrot sticks, with a liverwurst sandwich about once a week as a change
Dinner-beans, whole wheat rolls, coleslaw, baked potato
(Not sure how I could eat all that lard, or that I'd want to!)
November 13th, 2006 at 03:19 pm 1163431171
Have you seen this recipe database for Food Stamp Educators? http://recipefinder.nal.usda.gov/
It has actual food costs data from AC Nielesn. It's the only recipe database I'm aware of that has legitimate cost info.
November 13th, 2006 at 03:28 pm 1163431698
November 13th, 2006 at 03:37 pm 1163432236
gotta wonder, though: what do they have to say about folks who dont' eat pork? or vegetarians?
November 13th, 2006 at 04:08 pm 1163434134
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November 13th, 2006 at 08:37 pm 1163450278
Enough that I saved a copy for myself so I can analyze it later, and see if I can't improve my diet based on information.
Thanks for sharing!
(Oh, and too bad the liver portion is so low. I love liver.
November 14th, 2006 at 04:54 pm 1163523267