lost-theory · August 29, 2015 14:10 · Nov 26, 2014 · Nov 25, 2014
diff --git a/gistfile1.py b/gistfile1.py
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@
 3333.3333333333335
 >>> #so you can drink like 2.5 of those smoothie drinks to get to the UL
 ...
->>> ^D
+>>> emergen_c_vit_c = (1000, 1667)
+>>> #or two Emergen-C fizzy drinks
diff --git a/gistfile1.py b/gistfile1.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+>>> orange_vit_c = "78 mg, 130%"
+>>> orange_vit_c = (78, 130) #mg, %
+>>> tablet_vit_c = (250, 416)
+>>> 250/78.0
+3.2051282051282053
+>>> 416/130.
+3.2
+>>> drink_vit_c = (None, 1500)
+>>> rda_vit_c = (90, 100)
+>>> #i've eaten 1500 + (416*3) percentage points of Vitamin C
+...
+>>> (78/130.0, 250/416.0)
+(0.6, 0.6009615384615384)
+>>> mgs_per_percent_pt = 0.6
+>>> 130 * mgs_per_percent_pt
+78.0
+>>> 1500 * mgs_per_percent_pt
+900.0
+>>> drink_vit_c = (900, 1500)
+>>> MG, PCT = 0, 1
+>>> sum([x[PCT] for x in [tablet_vit_c, tablet_vit_c, tablet_vit_c, drink_vit_c]])
+2748
+>>> 1500+(416*3)
+2748
+>>> sum([x[MG] for x in [tablet_vit_c, tablet_vit_c, tablet_vit_c, drink_vit_c]])
+1650
+>>> upper_limit_vit_c = (2000, 2000/0.6)
+>>> #so i've consumed 1650mg of vitamin C today
+... #and the UL is 2000mg, so if i take one more tablet I'm over the UL
+...
+>>> 1650+tablet_vit_c[MG]
+1900
+>>> #two more tablets actually...
+...
+>>> #Stone[33] and Pauling[34] believe that the optimum daily requirement of vitamin C is around 2,300 milligrams for a human requiring 2,500 kcal a day.
+...
+>>> upper_limit_vit_c[PCT]
+3333.3333333333335
+>>> #so you can drink like 2.5 of those smoothie drinks to get to the UL
+...
+>>> ^D