Abs min fat required

takumaku
takumaku Posts: 352 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hello Board,

I believe it has been posted before, however I can not find the thread. Therefore, I feel the need to ask.

What is the absolute minimal fat a person requires? I am not advocating a person should strive for the minimal. I would like to be informed for educational purposes.

Thanks

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  • Kagami_Taiga
    Kagami_Taiga Posts: 124 Member
    Think the question should be what's the max fat % allowed.

    I've heard it to be 7%. But that's for someone with very little muscle mass in that area. You can build up you abs and make them visible at maybe 10%, but that's at a big push I think.
  • Kagami_Taiga
    Kagami_Taiga Posts: 124 Member
    Sorry, thought you meant abs, as in muscle. Emm, for a guy I think 2-5% is the essential limit.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    4-6% would be considered essential bodyfat for a male.

    And that's really just the bare essentials, you would expect to be more excited by a picture of chocolate cake than a nude woman.
  • takumaku
    takumaku Posts: 352 Member
    I thank everyone who has responded and appreciate it. I do apologize for the confusion.

    By absolute minimal, I am referring to the absolute minimal amount of fat one should be ingesting on a daily bases.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    I thank everyone who has responded and appreciate it. I do apologize for the confusion.

    By absolute minimal, I am referring to the absolute minimal amount of fat one should be ingesting on a daily bases.

    Ohhh, DIETARY fat. I don't know what the absolute minimum is, but I know I don't want to be anywhere near it. Dietary fat does not make you fat- it's very satiating and biologically necessary, not to mention delicious. A healthy amount is around 0.35-0.38grams per lb body weight, daily.
  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
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  • zaph0d
    zaph0d Posts: 1,172 Member
    I thank everyone who has responded and appreciate it. I do apologize for the confusion.

    By absolute minimal, I am referring to the absolute minimal amount of fat one should be ingesting on a daily bases.

    Oh, whoops, I replied too soon. Minimum dietary fat is often specified as .35g per lb of body weight.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    It depends on the activity level and there really is no agreed upon minimum. A general recommendation is a minimum of 0.3g per lb of total which is usually not too far off the WHO recommendation which is generally for a sedentary person at a 2,000/2,500 calorie diet who is within a healthy weight range.

    Will post WHO recommendations.
  • takumaku
    takumaku Posts: 352 Member
    I thank everyone for the information. I am in complete agreement. Dietary fat does not make one fat. ^_^
  • Madelinew22
    Madelinew22 Posts: 289
    my diet consists of 40% fat healthy fat mostly
  • takumaku
    takumaku Posts: 352 Member
    It depends on the activity level and there really is no agreed upon minimum. A general recommendation is a minimum of 0.3g per lb of total which is usually not too far off the WHO recommendation which is generally for a sedentary person at a 2,000/2,500 calorie diet who is within a healthy weight range.

    Will post WHO recommendations.


    I thank you for the WHO suggestion. I searched their website and found some information.

    Based on a 2100 calorie requirement, WHO recommends, as I am interpreting the research, the absolute minimal.
    • 10 to 12 % in form of protein ('all').
    • 17 % in form of fat for most ... 30-40% for young children ... and 20% for pregnant and lactacting women

    source: http://www.who.int/entity/diseasecontrol_emergencies/publications/idhe_2009_london_malnutrition_fenn.pdf

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