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Sat, May-22-04, 18:54

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need help calorie distribution question

I signed up for a fitday.com account.

One section asked a question about percentage of calories as fat, protein and carbohydrate.

Selecting the total carbs level is easy.

My question, what percentage calories should come from fat vs protein?

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Sat, May-22-04, 19:03

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the ratio that many follow is

fat - 70%
Carbs - 5%
Protein - 25%

Some have more fat and less carbs and protein, some have more protein less fat. Just an average.

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Depending on where you are in the plan (Atkins, that is), upwards of 65% per day of your calories will be from fats. If you're on higher calories you can be eating as much as 80% fat. Hopefully that helps!

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