What % of carbs, protein, and fat are best? And why?
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ha, i guess i'll repost, since after the other comments. .8g of protein per LBM, carbs < 30g. pad the rest of your calories with fat.
Why is this the best?
Well it's the best for fat loss. Due to the fact your body will use it's fat for energy. Sure you can lose fat with higher carb diet, but it takes more work. Other methods you have to burn through the sugar(carbs) first, before you get to the fat,unless you're doing low intensity training. This method, you don't. There are many studies that conclude this is the fastest weight loss method, the body behaves as it's starving, but you're eating food, besides that all the metabolic pathways are the same, except insulin is slightly elevated compared to starvation.
Long term studies have shown NO advantage to low-carb diets. Period.Yes this is a low carb diet. This doesn't mean it's a "high protein diet." It's normal protein. People consume too much protein usually. Which in tern gets converted to glucose, which easily get stored as fat. As i mentioned already .80g of protein per lbs of LBM. OR MINIMUM 150g of protein. This prevents nitrogen loss. If anyone has a problem with this, don't debate with me, debate with lyle mcdonald.
I dare you to post this on Lyle's forum.
http://forums.lylemcdonald.com/index.php
Looking forward to seeing you get eviscerated.increasing protein can be counter productive to fat loss
Stop making things up.
Come on Ron you're smarter than this.
Actually it is extremely difficult for protein to get stored as fat. I think the only downside to too much protein would be that it prevents ketosis and might have questionable health consequences.
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/excess-protein-and-fat-storage-qa.html
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/protein-controversies.html
One of the questionable consequences is that too much protein is bloating you up. Try 20 jumping jacks0 -
I'm day 5 so I'm just getting started so thanks for the help0
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My macros are set to 45/25/30. I am a long distance runner so the slightly higher carb percentage helps keep my run fueled, and the lower fat % helps me keep from getting GI issues.
When it comes to the macros, sometimes you have to play with it to find the right balance that works for you.0 -
For me what works well is LCHF eating plan. That comes out to about 10% carbs, 20% protein and 70% fat.0
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