80/10/10--I'm doing it!

ameyls

Hi, everyone

New to the board here. I decided that, for the New Year, I would do 30 days of 80/10/10. I've been mostly raw for about a year and a half now, but I've lost my passion for it, so I'm hoping this will help. So far, I'm doing okay. I'm definitely not hungry. If anything, I find it nearly impossible to eat enough food to hit my targets! I've been coming in at closer to 15% fat most days, though, so I need to get that under control. I'd love to hear from anyone who has tried this approach or is currently living it. I'm especially interested in hearing how you structured your food intake and which foods gave you the most bang for your buck.

Thanks!

Ameyls

hellokittyhorror

Hi Ameyls,
I am going to try the 80 10 10 starting today, basically. Did you do it for 30 days? How did it go?

mdmomof4

Sorry to sound ignorant but whats 80 10 10

HelloSweetie4

Sorry to sound ignorant but whats 80 10 10

I was just about to ask as well!

mdmomof4

bump

MacSkillz

It's a diet that follows the idea of the ratio of nutrients to support health is 80% carbohydrates, 10% protein and 10% fat.

neanderthin

80 carbs, 10 protein, 10 fat. Not what I'd call very balanced. I wouldn't get very far consuming 25 to 30 g's of protein a day.

sapalee

Wow, no way, I think I'd drop. I go with 30-35% carb, 40-45% fat, and 25% protein and do great.

Why is the 80 10 10 recommended? I'd like to hear the reasoning behind it.

sapalee

80 carbs, 10 protein, 10 fat. Not what I'd call very balanced. I wouldn't get very far consuming 25 to 30 g's of protein a day.

Certainly couldn't build or maintain any muscle. And what about the insulin response to so much carb? yikes.

VMarkV

80/10/10 is a raw vegan diet fad...I will just politely say that setting percentages for macros doesn't work and that this diet highly ignores the fact that protein and fat are ESSENTIAL nutrients whereas carbohydrates are non-essential and should be determined based on physical activity.

These type of dieters do ridiculous things like eating nothing but fruit in ridiculous amounts all day and often these people have serious fears (orthorexics) about fat and consumption of animal products as being "toxic"

neanderthin

80 carbs, 10 protein, 10 fat. Not what I'd call very balanced. I wouldn't get very far consuming 25 to 30 g's of protein a day.

Certainly couldn't build or maintain any muscle. And what about the insulin response to so much carb? yikes.

That's consuming 2500 to 3000 cals a day. If someone is on a 1200 calorie diet that only gives someone 12 g's of protein a day, that's just preying on the gullible.

yarwell

I thought the 80 would be protein. LOL.

neanderthin

I thought the 80 would be protein. LOL.

You've just got a 1 track mind, that's all....lol

cupcake721

80/10/10 is a raw vegan diet fad...I will just politely say that setting percentages for macros doesn't work and that this diet highly ignores the fact that protein and fat are ESSENTIAL nutrients whereas carbohydrates are non-essential and should be determined based on physical activity.

These type of dieters do ridiculous things like eating nothing but fruit in ridiculous amounts all day and often these people have serious fears (orthorexics) about fat and consumption of animal products as being "toxic"

Consumption of animal products IS toxic. That is the ONLY place Cholesterol is found. And, what is the number one cause of death in the US right now? Heart disease. What causes heart disease, you ask? Cholesterol.

ironanimal

I thought the 80 would be protein. LOL.

That would be semisensible. This is not the objective of this diet.

LoraF83

Holy thread resurrection Batman!

saxmaniac

Consumption of animal products IS toxic. That is the ONLY place Cholesterol is found. And, what is the number one cause of death in the US right now? Heart disease. What causes heart disease, you ask? Cholesterol.

This is the "lipid hypothesis". Dietary Cholesterol is not the same thing as blood cholesterol.

squirrelythegreat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesterol

Cholesterol, It's what cells need.

TavistockToad

It's a diet that follows the idea of the ratio of nutrients to support health is 80% carbohydrates, 10% protein and 10% fat.

what!? how is 10% protein and 10% fat healthy??

Lleldiranne

80/10/10 is a raw vegan diet fad...I will just politely say that setting percentages for macros doesn't work and that this diet highly ignores the fact that protein and fat are ESSENTIAL nutrients whereas carbohydrates are non-essential and should be determined based on physical activity.

These type of dieters do ridiculous things like eating nothing but fruit in ridiculous amounts all day and often these people have serious fears (orthorexics) about fat and consumption of animal products as being "toxic"

Consumption of animal products IS toxic. That is the ONLY place Cholesterol is found. And, what is the number one cause of death in the US right now? Heart disease. What causes heart disease, you ask? Cholesterol.

Dietary cholesterol is, at strongest, only loosely related to blood serum cholesterol levels. And it has less to do with HDL vs LDL levels. It is also strongly debated, among medical professionals, how much it should be cut from the diet when someone has high serum cholesterol levels.

Much stronger relations are total lipid (fat) intakes and activity levels. HDLs are carrying fats to be metabolized by the body, where LDLs are carrying them to be stored (simplified version). Obesity is also a stronger link to heart health. True, it is often connected to high cholesterol (and especially high LDLs). But that doesn't mean that consuming animal products in appropriate levels is toxic.

neanderthin

80/10/10 is a raw vegan diet fad...I will just politely say that setting percentages for macros doesn't work and that this diet highly ignores the fact that protein and fat are ESSENTIAL nutrients whereas carbohydrates are non-essential and should be determined based on physical activity.

These type of dieters do ridiculous things like eating nothing but fruit in ridiculous amounts all day and often these people have serious fears (orthorexics) about fat and consumption of animal products as being "toxic"

Consumption of animal products IS toxic. That is the ONLY place Cholesterol is found. And, what is the number one cause of death in the US right now? Heart disease. What causes heart disease, you ask? Cholesterol.

Nope. It's actually the lack of cholesterol found it LDL lipoprotein subfractions. HDL lipoproteins are about 95% cholesterol and low and behold their called the good cholesterol.

feathertouch

I've been following this lifestyle for a week or so now and I feel great but I should admit that I don't follow the 80/10/10 to a T. I eat my beans, nuts and seeds when I like.

sandylion

Consumption of animal products IS toxic. That is the ONLY place Cholesterol is found. And, what is the number one cause of death in the US right now? Heart disease. What causes heart disease, you ask? Cholesterol.

Saying heart disease is caused by cholesterol is grossly oversimplified to the point of being completely false. Heart disease is caused by the intermingling of many causes, first and foremost being lack of exercise, poor diet, genetics ect ect ect. A poor diet may include too high of cholesterol, but cholesterol is not actually bad for you in and of itself. It's actually essential and the body produces it's own.

IslandDreamer64

These people are gonna look GREAT when all their hair falls out from lack of fat in their diets! Can't wait to see pics!

danikanoodles

Good luck on your 811 journey. I've been on it for a year now. Your going to feel wonderful!

diventabella

......That sounds so dumb.

jdforshort

I thought the 80 would be protein. LOL.

You've just got a 1 track mind, that's all....lol

Me too, LOL!

Psychoanalytic

If someone hasn't said it, I'll be the first to.

If you have various health issues, talk to your doctor before following any particular diet. Especially diabetics, reactive hyper/hypoglycemics, those with heart issues, etc. And for those hyper/hypoglycemics and diabetics, this wouldn't be an ideal lifestyle for you.

Everyone has different bodies and different lifestyles. For instance, if I start hitting over 150g of carbs a day, I start feeling like absolute garbage.

ETA, to the poster who said cholesterol causes heart disease....Stop being ignorant. Do some research and gain some knowledge before you start to type things out on some public forum.

Mighty_Rabite

Holy crap, I would be eating almost half a kilogram of carbs per day at this ratio.

Good luck with that, but I'll keep to my magical ratio over the last month, which has evened out to around 37/44/18

sezhep

I can't quite fathom how that many carbs a day is doing anyone any good unless you're running a marathon everyday, and even then you wouldn't be very successful as eating such little protein would mean your muscle recovery would be almost non existent!

Ridiculous.

And I like to think of myself as a fad diet connoisseur :P

Niharika_sri

Can u survive n sustain doing something like this forever????
I just don't get the point what would make a person resort to measures like these to lose weight.. U WON'T be able to keep it off once u lose!
The whole idea of being on MFP is that u eat right, exercise right n lose weight so that u can maintain it all your life! Proteins n Fats are ESSENTIAL, do not drop it to such horrendously low levels.