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Protein and Dieting Anonymous
Hay /fit/. I'm looking to shed some vanity pounds (I'm definitely within 20 lbs of ideal weight), not a building endeavor. From what I've gathered, ideal nutrition comes from a diet of 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fat.

However, when dieting, should the calories be cut equally from each section? More specifically, should I keep my protein up and just cut the carbs/fats? The reason I ask is because I don't want a diet where I end up losing muscle because of malnutrition, but yet I still want to lose fat.

Thanks!
>> Anonymous
this anon would also be interested in knowing.
>> Anonymous
I'd say that "ideal" nutrition is more like
60% carb
25% fats
15% protein

Obviously the carbs shouldn't come from sugars,
and the fats shouldn't be saturated etc..
But generally cutting carbs is a bad idea and a pretty unhealthy thing to do.. the only healthy way to lose fat is with more exercise, or by lowering your daily calorie intake
>> Anonymous
Protein should definitely stay in or even be raised compared to your normal diet.
Or at least that's what worked great for *me*. I read there's different fatass types that respond differently to nutrition tweaks. But from experience I can only recommend devouring as much protein and as little else as possible.
>> Anonymous
>>94448
Ugh, so much BS. More fat than protein? I don't know what you're smoking but it's surely not health-herbs.
>> Anonymous
40% carb
30% protein
30% fat
>> Anonymous
(based on 150 pound 6' male ~2300 calories/day)
Max usable protein in a day = ~1g per 1lbs body weight
30% of calories from protein = 690
4g protein/calorie
-172g protein being consumed in a day if 30% of calories are coming from protein
22g surplus will be "wasted"/converted into/stored as energy
-13% of protein you ate = wasted
-protein is overrated
>> Anonymous
>>94478
HAHA OH WOW

ENJOY YOUR GENERALIZED ESTIMATES
>> Anonymous
>>94478
You do realize that wasting as much of what you eat as possible while still giving muscles the nutrition required not to evaporate is a weight loss diet's *point*, right? Rethink your idiocy outside of the internets plz.
>> Anonymous
>>94503
If I read that correctly, they meant that the surplus of protein is converted into stored energy (fats). A percentage of the total, regardless of the surplus, is taken because of expenditure. But I think that's already been taken into diet calculations made by health folk.
>> Anonymous
>>94518
Well there's also the fact that converting protein into body fat isn't lossless like (or at least more lossy than) converting... well... *fat* into body fat. Meaning you wasted more, i.e. lose weight faster.
>> Anonymous
lulz, dieting.
>> Anonymous
40% carbs is about as low as low can get. A more generalized starting point is 55% carbs, 25% protein and 20% fat. If you find that you're "carb sensitive," you can SLOWLY cut carbs (add to proteins/fats equally) until you hit a balance.

And yes, cut every section equally when you're just trying to eat as little as necessary.
>> Moonmauler !!LgNbdvCFAuN
There is no ideal ratio that fits everyone. Anyone who tells you that there is is wrong. Everyone handles the macronutrients differently.

For example, personally I can burn through carbs like there's no tommorow. There was a time when my diet was 70% carbs, and even though I know that was a bad idea I suffered very few ill effects and didn't gain any weight.
>> Anonymous
This is crap, because very person is different, and even races of people are different.

If you're exercising, this is definitely not enough.