Linear programing

Repository Installation

Since full unprocessed datasets are too large to be stored in the repository, they are stored elsewhere online and must be downloaded separately if you want full functionality of all the scripts. Most importantly the FoodData Central database must be downloaded from here It can be done like so:

cd Data
wget https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-datasets/FoodData_Central_csv_2023-04-20.zip
unzip -d FoodData FoodData_Central_csv_2023-04-20.zip

Basic problem

Let us minimize the amount of calories, thus creating a diet plan if we need to meet the following conditions:

• 70 g of fats
• 310 g of carbohydrates
• 50 g of proteins
• 1000 mg of calcium
• 18 mg of of iron

Additionally it must hold:

• Daily intake of food is < 2 kg
• 60 mg of vitamin C
• 3500 mg of potassium
• acceptable level of sodium (500 - 2400 mg)

Possible ideas

• Create a diet for an alcoholic so maximize the amount of alcohol in the diet