alt.energy.renewable

On Jan 26, 1:38=A0pm, Mishagam wrote:
> Solar Flare wrote:
> > Sugar is food. Food is comprised of nutrients for the human body and
> > sugar is one of our prime nutrients. It may not be a good food (one
> > lousy nutrient) but still is.
>
> > You can't make up definitions to support your arguments. You can try.
>
> > "Fran" wrote in message
> >news:1a61c702-7e8e-4cfc-a83d-190c8c93cabd@c4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> > No, you missed the point. Sugar is not food. Therefore lands set aside
> > for the growing of sugar is not land set aside for raising food. If
> > this land is used to raise biofuels, it is not at the expense of land
> > used to raise food. So using this land (and any other lands used to
> > raise non-foods) can be applied to raise biofuels without affecting
> > food prices.
>
> > Fran
>
> Yes, telling that sugar is not food is hilarious. in USA many people are
> obese, so they would be better of eating less not only sugar, but also
> meat, bread, milk, potatoes or any other food. Does it mean that there
> is no food production in USA? or should we count only salad and apples
> as food?-

Sugar is not food because the nutrient it provides (carbohydrates) is
a bioavailable constitutent in other foods that carry a far greater
range of important nutrients and because the form of the carbohydrate
imposes demands on body metabolism that don't apply when eating whole
foods.

Westerners should also eat far less saturated fats and of the fats
they do eat more should be HDLs (high density lipoproteins). Non
pregnant or lactating women and children aside, about 1 gram of
protein per kg of bodyweight is about right -- (assuming one's BMI is
in the normal range).

No more than 10% of ones calories should be in fats and most of one's
carbohydrates should be complex carbs, ideally eaten as part of foods
with various grades of fibre (soluble, semi-soluble and insoluble) so
as to moderate the speed with which sugars are released. Care should
be taken to eat so as to ensure common micronutrient deficiencies (Zn,
Ca, Fe, B12,, C and E) are present. .

If westerners did this, they'd be a good deal more healthy than they
are now and a rather smaller quantity of land would be be required.

Fran .