On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:50:33 GMT, (dstvns) wrote:

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 01:42:22 GMT, (Richard A.
Lewis) wrote:

On a 3,000-4,000cal diet, you'll need to eat approximately 12 pounds
of potatoes per day just to maintain your body weight. Add in the
artichokes, if they're of a comparable cal level as the taters, and
you got just over two days of food before you start starving.

Who the hell eats 4 thousand calories a day? A thanksgiving dinner is
2000. Are you going on personal experience with calorie intake? I
would hate to have you as a dependent.

American nutrition labels are based on a 2,000 cal/day diet, which is,
I presume, a *very* rough average for a moderately active adult --
i.e., not bedridden but not out plowing, either. Tour de France
bicyclists consume 5-9,000 calories per day just to stay even. 3 to
4,000 calories for someone engaged in 8 or more hours of vigorous
physical activity, like farmwork, is more than reasonable.

BTW, the edible part of an artichoke contains practically no calories
at all. It's the melted butter or mayonnaise sauce. :-)