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USDA
Recommendations Followed
Florida
man consumes 120 apples, 300 slices of bread per month
TALLAHASSEE,
FL--Robert Steinholz is a stickler for details, and he's making sure to
follow the USDA's dietary guidelines to a "T".
Steinholz,
an accountant and Florida native, consumes the recommended 6-11 servings
of bread and pasta every single day, as well as 2-4 servings of fruits
and 3-5 servings of vegetables. He also has a glass of milk and a piece
of meat with every meal, including breakfast.
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USDA
Food Pyramid
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In total,
this amounts to approximately 120 apples a month, plus upwards of 300
slices of bread. "With some 20-25 slices of bread per loaf, that's,
like, 14 or 15 loaves of bread a month," he explains.
"Yeah,
it's hard to keep up sometimes," admits the 5'7", 280 pound
Florida native. "But I figure, hey, if the USDA doesn't know what's
good for me, who does?"
Steinholz,
who began the USDA diet eight months ago, says that regular injections
of insulin help his body process the enormous carbohydrate load that the
"food pyramid" subjects him to.
"If
that's what it takes to eat what the government thinks is a well-balanced
diet, then that's what I gotta do, ain't it!," he says confidently.
His wife,
Patty, is less than enthused about her husband's newfound adherence to
the federal guidelines. "Look at this fridge," she says. "Between
the apples, heads of lettuce, broccoli, and the freakin' loaves of bread,
you tell me what there is to be happy about."
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