40-30-30 Diet Calculator

One thing that I wish this site had was a way to make sure I was eating the right amount of Protein Carbohydrate and fats.

For example, If I am eating 1600 calories and I have a personal goal of wanting to eat 30% protein, there's no way to keep track of that.

I recenly ran across some information that stresses how important fruits and vegetables are because we burn calories digesting them...but we also burn calories digesting proteins. There are many health benefits to eating a diet that is 30% protein, it is part of the reason Atkins works (though that is more extreme and not what I'm pushing.) The point is, I have found a way to compute it. Just put in the amount of calories you are eating per day and it will tell you how many of those calories are 40% carb 30% fat 30% protein and then how many grams you are allowed in that carb allowance before you go over 40%, etc. And how many grams you are allowed in that protein allowance before you go over 30%, etc.

Here's the link. http://walking.about.com/cs/calories/l/bldietcalc.htm