Update: Recommended Fat/Protein/Carbs Ratio
June 8, 2008
My last post on fat/protein/carbs has been my most popular topic and, as a matter of fact, I received a comment on it yesterday. This prompted me to research a little more. Evidently, the US Recommended Daily Allowance suggests 30% fat, 20% protein, and 50% carbohydrates. At the bottom of this post, I have pasted my averages from the past month… guess who is the model for the RDA’s? It’s me!
Another website, http://www.warriorfitnessworld.com/articles/2007/07/how_much_protein_carbohydrates.php , says:
if trying to lose fat , it’s recommended that you consume about 20% fat and 20% protein
I presume that to also mean 60% carbs.
In either case, I plan to monitor my fats more closely now. I do not feel that I am eating much fat, so was a little surprised to see it was at 30% of my total intake. I haven’t looked, but I’m guessing it is coming from dairy (yogurt). I guess I’ll need to look!
Another site I found while researching is Dietitian.com and specifically her body calculator: http://www.dietitian.com/calcbody.php . I will be reading through her site for sure!
Average Calories
| grams | cals | %total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total: | 1874 | ||
| Fat: | 60 | 543 | 30% |
| Sat: | 19 | 174 | 10% |
| Poly: | 11 | 100 | 6% |
| Mono: | 23 | 203 | 11% |
| Carbs: | 250 | 907 | 50% |
| Fiber: | 23 | 0 | 0% |
| Protein: | 91 | 363 | 20% |
| Alcohol: | 1 | 7 | 0% |
