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The Da Vinci Diet - (Woman's World Magazine - of course)

Jbuch · 2006-05-23T01:31:16+00:00

This month, Woman's World Magazine features "The Da Vinci Diet" as this month (or is it week) special insider tip for the lady readers to gain more and better diet secrets and melt away pounds. Even though there appears to be serious arithmetic in what follows, you can just view it superficially.... (What do you expect from Woman's World Magazine anyway?) THE DA VINCI DIET --- WHAT IT IS 30% Fat, 20% Protein and 50% Carbohydrates. That is pretty much it. Well, there is the now standard "Good Fats and Good Carbs Only" clause. ------------------------------------------------- THE ODD TIE TO DA VINCI Secret clues ... Da Vinci knew about both the golden ratio and Fibonacci Numbers. Fibonacci was an earlier Italian (around 1200 AD) mathematician and his name has been associated with a series of numbers. 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34, ......... 6765, 10946 ..... Add the first two numbers to get the third 0+1=1 Add the last two numbers to get the fourth 1+1=2 Add the last two numbers to get the NEXT... 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, 5+8=13 , 8+13=21, 13+21=34 ....... and on and on. The Greeks knew about the golden ratio which can be written as : Golden Ratio = 1.61803 and it is easier if we just stop here talking about it and take it as a given. For big (Fibonacci)numbers the ratio of the (N+1)th Fibonacci number divided by the Nth Fibonacci number approaches the golden ratio -- exactly (well, converges to the golden ratio). 34/21 = 1.61905 which is a fair approximation to 1.61803... Da Vinci Diet Connection ?????? The ratio of the Fat to the Protein is 30/20 = 1.500 which is "sort of" an approximation to the golden ratio 1.61803. The ratio of the Carbohydrates to the Fat is 50/30 = 1.600 which is also "sort of" an approximation of the golden ratio 1.61803. So, because of the golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers being known to Da Vinci and sometimes used by him..... we can call the 30 Fat, 20 Protein, 50 Carbohydrates the Da Vinci diet. [Sure we can] :-) This diet magically incorporates both the Fibonacci numbers and the golden rule. Therefore it is great. You will lose a gazillion pounds on it. ------------------------------ Man, talk about really stretching a bunch of unrelated facts to make a catchy sounding diet which coincides with an unrelated trend. -- 1) Eat Till SATISFIED, Not STUFFED... Atkins repeated 9 times in the book 2) Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable..... Chapter 22 title, Atkins book 3) Don't Diet Without Supplemental Nutrients... Chapter 23 title, Atkins book 4) A sensible eating plan, and follow it. (Atkins, Self Made or Other)

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Jbuch
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23 May 2006, 01:31 UTC #1

This month, Woman's World Magazine features "The Da Vinci Diet" as this
month (or is it week) special insider tip for the lady readers to gain
more and better diet secrets and melt away pounds.
Even though there appears to be serious arithmetic in what follows, you
can just view it superficially.... (What do you expect from Woman's
World Magazine anyway?)
THE DA VINCI DIET --- WHAT IT IS
30% Fat, 20% Protein and 50% Carbohydrates. That is pretty much it.
Well, there is the now standard "Good Fats and Good Carbs Only" clause.
-------------------------------------------------
THE ODD TIE TO DA VINCI
Secret clues ...
Da Vinci knew about both the golden ratio and Fibonacci Numbers.
Fibonacci was an earlier Italian (around 1200 AD) mathematician and his
name has been associated with a series of numbers.
0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34, ......... 6765, 10946 .....
Add the first two numbers to get the third 0+1=1
Add the last two numbers to get the fourth 1+1=2
Add the last two numbers to get the NEXT... 1+2=3, 2+3=5, 3+5=8, 5+8=13
, 8+13=21, 13+21=34 ....... and on and on.
The Greeks knew about the golden ratio which can be written as :
Golden Ratio = 1.61803
and it is easier if we just stop here talking about it and take it as a
given.
For big (Fibonacci)numbers the ratio of the (N+1)th Fibonacci number
divided by the Nth Fibonacci number approaches the golden ratio --
exactly (well, converges to the golden ratio).
34/21 = 1.61905 which is a fair approximation to 1.61803...
Da Vinci Diet Connection ??????
The ratio of the Fat to the Protein is 30/20 = 1.500 which is "sort of"
an approximation to the golden ratio 1.61803.
The ratio of the Carbohydrates to the Fat is 50/30 = 1.600 which is also
"sort of" an approximation of the golden ratio 1.61803.
So, because of the golden ratio and Fibonacci numbers being known to Da
Vinci and sometimes used by him..... we can call the 30 Fat, 20 Protein,
50 Carbohydrates the Da Vinci diet. [Sure we can] :-)
This diet magically incorporates both the Fibonacci numbers and the
golden rule.
Therefore it is great. You will lose a gazillion pounds on it.
------------------------------
Man, talk about really stretching a bunch of unrelated facts to make a
catchy sounding diet which coincides with an unrelated trend.
--
1) Eat Till SATISFIED, Not STUFFED... Atkins repeated 9 times in the book
2) Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable..... Chapter 22 title, Atkins book
3) Don't Diet Without Supplemental Nutrients... Chapter 23 title, Atkins
book
4) A sensible eating plan, and follow it. (Atkins, Self Made or Other)

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Hannah Gruen
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23 May 2006, 11:36 UTC #2

Jbuch said:
This diet magically incorporates both the Fibonacci numbers and the
golden rule.
Therefore it is great. You will lose a gazillion pounds on it.
------------------------------
Man, talk about really stretching a bunch of unrelated facts to make a
catchy sounding diet which coincides with an unrelated trend.
LOL! Well, I think those women's magazines have to come up with a new
diet about every other month. And tying a diet into the latest hyped
movie is as good a way as any to sell magazines, I guess.
No, this diet isn't going to work for much of anyone. But then none of
those from previous months' covers do either. The point is to sell
magazines, and for that it will likely be effective.
HG

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soulthing
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24 May 2006, 16:59 UTC #3

LOL - I agree, I think it's actually kind of lame that they just wanted
to make some kind of tie-in so they could sell more magazines because
the movie came out this month. And it probably will sell more, because
people will be interested in how it ties into Da Vinci, without really
paying attention to what the diet is. It doesn't sound like it would
work exceptionally well, certainly not better than anything else.

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BJ in Texas
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24 May 2006, 17:17 UTC #4

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Jbuch
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24 May 2006, 17:17 UTC #5

Hannah Gruen said:
Jbuch said:
This diet magically incorporates both the Fibonacci numbers and the
golden rule.
Therefore it is great. You will lose a gazillion pounds on it.
------------------------------
Man, talk about really stretching a bunch of unrelated facts to make a
catchy sounding diet which coincides with an unrelated trend.
LOL! Well, I think those women's magazines have to come up with a new
diet about every other month. And tying a diet into the latest hyped
movie is as good a way as any to sell magazines, I guess.
No, this diet isn't going to work for much of anyone. But then none of
those from previous months' covers do either. The point is to sell
magazines, and for that it will likely be effective.
HG
The whole diet business, for many years, has been full of sleeze and
tricks such as this "Da Vinci Diet".
I find the whole business pretty disgusting.
And then, there are bunches of false experts of every kind.
For the most part, it doesn't take much more than a business card that
says you are an expert in diet to be an expert in diet, at least in the
eye of the average citizen.
And, we get a lot of "False Information" passing through here, as well
as the occasional hate messages that hate one form of dieter for being
different. Just being different can bring on the hate.
The whole diet thing is unsettling.
Jim
--
1) Eat Till SATISFIED, Not STUFFED... Atkins repeated 9 times in the book
2) Exercise: It's Non-Negotiable..... Chapter 22 title, Atkins book
3) Don't Diet Without Supplemental Nutrients... Chapter 23 title, Atkins
book
4) A sensible eating plan, and follow it. (Atkins, Self Made or Other)

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FOB
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24 May 2006, 19:12 UTC #6

Diet is a lot like religion, lots of faith and disagreement involved.
In news:[email hidden],
Jbuch <[email hidden]> stated
| The whole diet business, for many years, has been full of sleeze and
| tricks such as this "Da Vinci Diet".
|
| I find the whole business pretty disgusting.
|
| And then, there are bunches of false experts of every kind.
|
| For the most part, it doesn't take much more than a business card that
| says you are an expert in diet to be an expert in diet, at least in
| the eye of the average citizen.
|
| And, we get a lot of "False Information" passing through here, as well
| as the occasional hate messages that hate one form of dieter for being
| different. Just being different can bring on the hate.
|
| The whole diet thing is unsettling.
|
| Jim

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readandpostrosie
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24 May 2006, 22:47 UTC #7

i will gladly pass this on.
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"BJ in Texas" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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one year of experience twenty times over." -- Anonymous
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soulthing
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26 May 2006, 13:53 UTC #8

Hahaha, yeah the real secret in the paintings is how to stay thin 🙂

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Marengo
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31 May 2006, 00:18 UTC #9

On Wed, 24 May 2006 17:17:13 GMT, "BJ in Texas" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
|--
|"Some people have twenty years of experience, some people have
|one year of experience twenty times over." -- Anonymous
Better yet, how about if they put all Americans on the same retirement
plan that they give themselves?

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