Experimental Diet

By restricting food intake to 300 g a day the subject has lost 24 kg (53 lb) in 9 months.

Diet

• Breakfast: 50 g of muesli + 25 ml of 4% milk + 25 ml of water
• Lunch: 45 g of vegetable and turkey stew + 20 g wholemeal bread with 10 g of various items
• Tea: 45 g of vegetable and fish stew + 20 g wholemeal bread with 10 g of various items
• Supper: 40 g of wholemeal bread + 25 g of cheese + 300 ml of cocoa made with 5 g of cocoa powder + 5 g of icing sugar + 10 ml of 4% milk
• Other daily drinks: 2.4 litres of weak filtered coffee with 60 ml of 4% milk + 600 ml of tea with 15 ml of 4% milk + 400 ml of dilute fruit juice + 200 ml of hot water with a little Marmite
• Alcohol: one or two 200 ml glasses of cyder or wine a week

Subject's details

• Age: 65
• Sex: male
• Height: 173 cm
• Initial weight: 89 kg (196 lb)
• Initial BMI: 30 (top of pre-obese band)
• Target weight: 60 kg (132 lb)
• Target BMI: 20 (middle of normal band)
• Activity: sedentary
• History: semi-vegetarian, low fat, low sugar diet

Warning

This experimental diet is severe so don't try if you are under 20 years of age, pregnant, underweight or in poor health.

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