Wed, Oct-08-03, 06:01
|
Senior Member
Posts: 2,018
|
|
Plan: Atkins
Stats: 320/220/195
BF:
Progress: 80%
Location: Pensacola, FL
|
|
Quote:
The average adult U.S. male eats about 2.7 kg (about 6 pounds), and the average U.S. female eats about 1.8 kg (about 4 pounds) of food per day. According to 1979 figures, the average person in the U.S. ate 135 lbs of fats that year, about 168 grams per day--56% of the average daily calories. The small intestine can digest about 10 grams of food fats every hour. That's the maximum capacity. The consumed fat was 34% saturated, 40% monounsaturated and 15% polyunsaturated fatty acids. The rate of fat consumption has been increasing by about 1 pound per person per year for the last 20 years. For men, 23% of the body weight as fat is considered obesity; for women, 32% is considered the edge. In the metabolism of fat, several minerals and vitamins are known to be involved. This field of study, important as it is, is just in its infancy. Vitamins A and E are necessary to keep essential fatty acids intact in the body, to protect them from destruction by oxygen and free radicals, and to keep them capable of fulfilling their important duties. In 1900, cancer killed one person in every 30. Today it kills one in 3. Around the turn of the century, cardiovascular disease accounted for one death in every 7. Today, it accounts for one death in every 2. Diabetes has risen at a similar rate, and the other diseases of fatty degeneration, like multiple sclerosis, liver and kidney degeneration have risen equally as fast.
|
He claims that in 1979 we ate 168g of Fat per person. That is a believable number. His claim that fat cosumption has increased 1 pound per person per year is flagrantly ridiculous, though...because that would mean the average American is now consuming 192g of Fat per day. All the charts say the exact opposite, fat consumption is down from the levels he claimed for '79 to about 101g now...They were about 89g at their lowest in the mid-80s.
Noone else I've ever read claims we eat an average of 192g Fat per day. Since the USDA says the SAD is 35% Fat...that would mean the Average American is consuming 5,000 Calories a day. For Caloric intake to have risen 2,300 Calories (168g ~ 56% = 2,700 Calories,) the Average American would put on 100-200+ pounds per year.
Last edited by cc48510 : Wed, Oct-08-03 at 06:02.
|