Problems with the US Government Dietary Guidelines

Based on the book, "Maximum Irony," this scientific lecture describes a quantitative nutritional theory which suggests deficiencies in the US government's approach to nutrition. The book also contains a quantitative nutritional analysis of foods (based on total essential nutrients per calorie) in the USDA database, with tables of the top twenty five most nutritious foods, the most nutritious food groups, and a new food pyramid.

In this quantitative nutritional model, the more nutritious a fo...