X-Message-Number: 17693
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 19:17:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: 4'th update on food satiation experiments

    This is the forth update on my food satiation experiments, in which I
compare the ad libitum calorie intake of various foods over a period of
one day.
    I ate turkey/mustard sandwiches, using the same rye bread, which
tested out by itself to yield a daily intake of 1388 calories. These
sandwiches fell into the medium palatibility group. Possibly due to this
increased palatibility, intake jumped significantly to 2371 calories.
    Next I tried rice cakes, also with turkey and mustard on them.
Although this tasted okay, the texture of the rice cakes resembled
styrofoam, and because of this this palatability was low. Intake was 1602
calories, which is similar to other low palatability foods.
    Finally I tried angel food cake, with raspberry jam on top. I selected
this as a food with high air, and low calorie content per volume. This
turned out to very palatable. However the cake proved to be very
compressible during mastigation, and although the quantity looked like a
lot on a plate, it proved not to be very filling. Intake was 2936
calories. At least this is still 1000 calories less than cookies.

(LOW PALATABILITY)
FOOD                   DAILY CALORIE INTAKE
___________________________________________
rye bread                              1388
Gala apples                            1413
chicken breast                         1478
rye crispbread                         1564
rice cake with turkey, mustard         1602
vegetables/cottage cheese              1768
potato                                 2179  (skipped lunch next day)

MEDIUM PALATABILITY)
FOOD                   DAILY CALORIE INTAKE
___________________________________________
yogurt, fruit, aspartame & Gala apples 1976
2% fat chocolate milk                  2100
yogurt, fruit, sugar                   2354
rye sandwich with turkey, mustard      2371
peanuts                                2689  (malabsorption)

(HIGH PALATABILITY)
FOOD                   DAILY CALORIE INTAKE
___________________________________________
yogurt, fruit, aspartame               1483
angel food cake, jam                   2936
cookies & chili                        4055

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