Drew Hamilton wrote:

> Eric Takabayashi  <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
> 
>>With no regard to nutrition, I believe I could maintain my caloric intake on
>>less than 5,000 yen per month by eating mainly noodles (600g packs of
>>spaghetti) from the 100 yen store.
> 
> 
> "With no regard to nutrition" does not make a valid example.
> Sure, you could maintain your caloric intake that way, but with no 
> protein or dietary fat intake, you'd end up with protein deficiency in
> short order.  No sense on being able to live on 5,000 yen/month if
> you will go into a coma.
> 
> What's the smallest you could live on and maintain an appropriate
> intake of protein and dietary fat?
> 
Probably not much more than that, unless eggs are ridiculously expensive
in Japan. A dozen eggs costs a buck in the states. Six eggs a day would
go long way to adding enough protein and fat to that mix, and would
reduce your noodle expense correspondingly.

KWW