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Comment by ha8o8le | Hacker News Reader

I just did my own version of this diet with a nutrient-dense low-carb approach.

Ground beef: $3.50/lb = $2.19/day

Sardines: $9.99 for 6 - 4.375 oz = $1.67/can = $1.67/day

Fresh spinach: $3.99/2.5 lb (.35 cents/g) = $.84/day

Eggs: $7.99/ 5 dozen (13.3 cents/egg) = $.40/day

Sunflower seeds: $2.49/lb = $.36/day

Butter: $9.99 for 4lbs = $2.50/lb = $.12 cents/day

Total cost: $5.58/day

This is 1800 calories and is 65% fat, 30% protein, and 5% carbohydrate. I used http://nutritiondata.self.com to formulate it and it meets or (far) exceeds every vitamin and mineral requirement except for only 50% DV of Thiamin (not worried about this).

I basically do a version of this but with more expensive boneless short rib (very marbled and delicious) and am in perfect shape (you can find evidence here if you scroll down a bit https://twitter.com/FoodLiesOrg )

Spreading this menu over 2 meals (one at noon and one at 7:30pm) will give you a nice intermittent fast. It will also train your body to burn fat instead of sugar. You will be very full off of only 1800 calories and should lose a lot of weight.

Disclaimer: I'm not dispensing nutritional advice as I am not a doctor or dietician. I've just researched this stuff for years and am making the documentary http://foodlies.org

This can all be bought at Costco with the exception of Sunflower seeds on Amazon.

If anyone is trying to lose weight and wants to try this simple and cheap diet (or similar) I would love to document it for the film. Contact me at hi@foodlies.org

"Eggs: $7.99/ 5 dozen (13.3 cents/egg) = $.40/day"

Wait, does that mean 3 eggs/day? That would be asking for troubles (cholesterol).

The hypothesis about dietary cholesterol causing heart disease has been debunked.

"Previously, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended that cholesterol intake be limited to no more than 300 mg/day. The 2015 DGAC will not bring forward this recommendation because available evidence shows no appreciable relationship between consumption of dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol, consistent with the conclusions of the AHA/ACC report."

Source: https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015-scientific-report/...

(Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - ODPHP)

Dietary cholesterol is actually not bad - check out this article for a good overview https://chriskresser.com/the-diet-heart-myth-cholesterol-and...

Have been researching this for a long time. It was hard for me to believe at first, but the science is sound.

> It was hard for me to believe at first

Nina Teicholz has a lot to say about the garbage state of nutritional science, the AHA and just how much expensive taxpayer-funded research has been buried over the past 50 years.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_kEmYTiHtc

I was being coy. I've read Nina's book and heavily researched all of this. I'm glad you and other people know about this stuff. Let's make this common knowledge!

Vegetarian alternative possible?

I'm not a fan of a vegetarian diet because it leaves out the most nutrient dense foods.

I haven't done research into it specifically, but I would avoid carbs and sugar (and all processed foods), and eat a lot of avocado and protein from non-carby foods (beans and quinoa are ok, but still have a lot of carbohydrate).

google "vegetarian LCHF"

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