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I see people mentioning things like 30%/20%/30% etc. and I know what it stands for and what not, but how do I go about implementing these percentages based off of nutrition fact labels and natural foods that I don't even know any nutrition facts of therefore meaning I have to guess.

I am basically lost when someone mentions these percentages.
 
Iwillgetripped said:
I see people mentioning things like 30%/20%/30% etc. and I know what it stands for and what not, but how do I go about implementing these percentages based off of nutrition fact labels and natural foods that I don't even know any nutrition facts of therefore meaning I have to guess.

I am basically lost when someone mentions these percentages.
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It depends what your goals are.

40/30/30 is usually used.
 
Larrabee said:
It depends what your goals are.

40/30/30 is usually used.
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I dont believe thats the question that was asked.

I think they are trying to workout what it means and how to utilise, not what is used.

Iwillgetripped said:
I see people mentioning things like 30%/20%/30% etc. and I know what it stands for and what not, but how do I go about implementing these percentages based off of nutrition fact labels and natural foods that I don't even know any nutrition facts of therefore meaning I have to guess.

I am basically lost when someone mentions these percentages.
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Basically, if you do not have figures to use in the first place, eg eggs have 8g of protein and so and so grams of fat etc etc, then working out these % will be impossible.

On the other hand, the internet can provide nutritional value of most foods, just do a search. From there, you can work out what percent etc etc.

I am not sure on how to implement if you had the info as i really have not heard of this meathod before, so id like to learn from anyone that knows!

Cheers,

Steve.
 
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Iwill, those are percentages of calories in the three macronutrients:

The contributions of each:

Protein: 4cals/g
Carbs: 4cals/g
Fat: 9cals/g
Alcohol: 7cals/g

So, on the baseline 2000cal diet, using 40/30/30:

Protein:
2000cals * 0.4 = 800cals
800cals / 4cals/g protein = 200g protein.

Carbs:
2000cals * 0.3 = 600cals
600cals / 4cals/g carbs = 150g carbs

Fat:
2000cals * 0.3 = 600cals
600cals / 9cals/g fat = 67g fat

So, a pro/carb/fat percent of 40/30/30 on a 2000cal diet becomes:

800cals/600cals/600cals = 200g protein/150g carbs/67g fat

Does that make sense?
 
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