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keto please help protein question

SANW15
SANW15 Posts: 118 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I know you have to watch your macros. I did an online calculator and it says my protein is 96 grams. Is that too high? I heard if you eat too much protein your body will turn it into insulin so I want to make sure I'm not eating too much!
TIA

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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    edited March 2017
    It's nonsense. My cutting diet is 80-85% protein, and still puts me into a state of nutritional ketosis. That ends up being about 260g of protein. Keep carbs sub-20g if you want keto. Don't stress the other two macros as much, so long as you hit the protein minimum.

    For the record, insulin is required for storage in muscle tissue and organs, as well as fat cells.
  • Sara3434
    Sara3434 Posts: 48 Member
    If that's too high I'm in trouble lol. I am trying keto (20g carbs) and my protein is almost always around the same or higher than fats (I find it hard to get the fat in the diet) but I am losing at around 1.5lb a week. calorie deficit obviously also helps there.
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