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Originally Posted by IsaYogi  I think percentages can be deceiving. The truthis that you need to hit certain minimums for your body to function correctly. After that, who cares what the percentages of excess are?
Calories is not a good enough measure to insure adequate nutrition. I suggest you do a gram count every day. Mins depend on your body size. For me: 120g prot, 60g carbs, 40g fat. You have to space the protein out. But after being on this for a while, you need to spike the carbs to break the palteaus. When and how is an art. |
Actually lots of us care what the percentages of excess are. I know I do!
Protein intake is very important, especially for those of us who exercise. Depending on the type of exercising you do and what your goals are, not eating the enough protein could either prevent you from achieving maximum muscle growth (if you are looking to grow muscle), or I believe could cause you to lose more muscle during the weight loss process.
I agree on hitting a minimum level of grams of fat, carbs and protein for your body requirements, but I don't think it would be good to say who cares where the rest of your calories come from, whether they be from fat, carbs, or protein. I belive if you take two people trying to lose weight who both meet a minimum level of fat, protein and carbs, and one gets most of the excess calories from protein (and some carbs/fat), and the other gets their remaining calories from carbs or fat, the person who eats the extra protein will probably lose weight faster and maintain more of their muscle mass.
This is my understanding from a lot of the reading that I have done. Please correct me if I am incorrect on this. Hopefully Steve will chime in with some good feedback on this.