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Percentage of fat, protein, carb?

Is there a standard recommend ratio of protein to fat to carb on Atkins? I read a metabolic diet book that recommended 50% protein, 25% fat, 25% carb for my body type. Is that similar to Atkins?

Generally preferred ratios for Atkins are: 65% fat, 30% protein and 5% carbs.

Froufie

Thanks for the info. Is that in DANDR somewhere?

I don't think so....??? I have read it many times on the bulletin boards....maybe someone else can locate the reference to this?

Froufie

I think those ratios came from trial and error from people here on the forum. I seem to remember Karen or Doreen saying that this seems to be what works for the majority of people here. It is what I shot for and it also worked for me.

http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/27-219167.html
4th question down he mentions it.

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Does Dr. Atkins promote a high fat diet? Or is it mostly high protein, low carb?

Dr. Atkins: The nutritional approach in treating patients is individualized to the patients' problems. When the problem involves cancer or cancer prevention, we're interested in the most nutrient dense, medically effective examples of fats, proteins and carbohydrates. There are good fats and bad, good proteins and bad, good carbohydrates and bad. A cancer patient needs to know the difference in each category. There is no point in cancer patients eating food that does not have the secondary benefit of building up the body's immune defenses against malignancy.

If you are following Atkins on your own to lose weight, you will be eating about 60 percent natural fats such as olive oil and avocado, 30 to 35 percent animal protein and some dairy, and 5 to 10 percent carbohydrates in the form of vegetables, seeds and nuts. As you progress through the four phases of the Atkins Nutritional ApproachTM, you decrease your fat intake and increase your carbs. As long as you are burning fat for energy and eating healthy fats, this percentage of fat poses no risk. Only when your consumption of carbs is high should you curtail fat consumption.

I had not seen this. Thanks Slim!

I don't like fat that much so I tend to end up with 52% fat, 40% protein, 8% carb. But yeah, I think everyone is gonna be 50-70% fat, 2-10% carb, 25-40% protein if they are on Atkins, not on maintenance.