One-day CRON diet menu
Calorie Restriction with Optimum Nutrition (CRON) is a diet that not only can make you thin, but there is enough scientific evidence that it may also help you to live longer. The idea behind the CRON diet is to eat slightly less food than you normally would, while meeting 100% of all your nutritional requirements. A CRON diet requires the use of nutritional software such as CRON-o-Meter to make sure that the food provides complete nutrition.
Here is an example of a one-day menu published by Robert Cavanaugh, a member of the Calorie Restriction Society. He generally eats twice a day, but has a fruit snack during the day. The following menu totals 1809 calories with a Protein/Fat/Carbohydrate ratio of 18/27/55. All nutrients in this menu exceed the RDA except niacin which is 94% RDA. Fiber content is 40 grams.
Breakfast
Mega Oatmeal recipe:
Ingredients:
1/4 cup (21 g) oatmeal, quick
1/4 cup (20 g) oat bran
2 Tbsp (13 g) sunflower seeds, unsalted,dry roasted
1/3 cup (23 g) milk, dry nonfat
1/2 cup (75 g) blueberry, raw frozen
1 cup skim milk
Instructions:
1. Place first four ingredients in bowl
2. Add 1 cup skim milk, mix
3. Microwave on high 4 to 5 minutes
4. Add frozen blueberries and mix well
5. Add Splenda sweetner if desired
Lunch
One large peach or nectarine during workday
Dinner
Appetizer:
5 Oysters eastern, canned
Main Course:
5 oz. Turkey breast & gravy, frozen
Medium sweet potato
Cup Broccoli spears, frozen
2 large Whole wheat Pita bread brushed with 1 Tbsp Olive oil
8 oz. glass skim milk
1 fruit bowl
1/2 cup seedless grapes
1/2 cup strawberries, sliced
1 cup cantaloupe, cubed
Nuts
2 Brazil nuts
10 Filberts
Dessert:
1 slice Pumpkin Pudding
Pumpkin Pudding recipe:
Pumpkin Pudding is made from canned pumpkin. Follow the recipe for making the pie filling on the side of the can, but substitute egg whites for whole eggs and substitute Splenda for sugar. Bake it in a pie dish without any pie crust. Makes 8 pie slice servings at 70 calories per serving.
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