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Protein/fat daily ratio?

PaulinaB

PaulinaB

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Hi All,

I have a question about amounts of fat and protein that should be eaten daily. I started LCHF eating about 50-60% of fat, 40% protein and no more than 10% carbs (crazy green beans are carby!). I monitor my % because at the beginning I had a tendency to eating too much protein (50-60%) which was making me feel sick.

But. Recently I started eating even more fat, up to 70% of my daily nutrition (it's so tasty!). Is it not too much? How much fat is too much? I understand I need protein in general and on low carb it's also needed so my body can make glucose for my brain to work (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Any thoughts?
 
PaulinaB said:
Hi All,

I have a question about amounts of fat and protein that should be eaten daily. I started LCHF eating about 50-60% of fat, 40% protein and no more than 10% carbs (crazy green beans are carby!). I monitor my % because at the beginning I had a tendency to eating too much protein (50-60%) which was making me feel sick.

But. Recently I started eating even more fat, up to 70% of my daily nutrition (it's so tasty!). Is it not too much? How much fat is too much? I understand I need protein in general and on low carb it's also needed so my body can make glucose for my brain to work (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Any thoughts?
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Hello,paulinaB, just for ref' i eat 10% carbs,20% proteins ,70% fat, but i also portion control my food and my cal' s are approx 900 a day
 
@PaulinaB, it depends on what you are trying to achieve. I eat about 40% protein a day and 55% fat. I deliberately have excess protein due to weight training. This causes gluconeogenesis and I have to monitor blood glucose in relation to carb production from protein.

Typical LCHF is much closer to 5% Carbs, 15-25% Protein and 70-80% Fat.
 
PaulinaB said:
Hi All,

I have a question about amounts of fat and protein that should be eaten daily. I started LCHF eating about 50-60% of fat, 40% protein and no more than 10% carbs (crazy green beans are carby!). I monitor my % because at the beginning I had a tendency to eating too much protein (50-60%) which was making me feel sick.

But. Recently I started eating even more fat, up to 70% of my daily nutrition (it's so tasty!). Is it not too much? How much fat is too much? I understand I need protein in general and on low carb it's also needed so my body can make glucose for my brain to work (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Any thoughts?
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I go for 80E% fat so don't think 70% is a problem. If you feel fine on it it's fine.

The body uses whatever is at hand to make glucose from and the brain is good at using ketones as fuel too.
 
Hi guys. Are we talking about percent by weight or by calories here?
 
tim2000s said:
@PaulinaB, it depends on what you are trying to achieve. I eat about 40% protein a day and 55% fat. I deliberately have excess protein due to weight training. This causes gluconeogenesis and I have to monitor blood glucose in relation to carb production from protein.

Typical LCHF is much closer to 5% Carbs, 15-25% Protein and 70-80% Fat.
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That's the info I was looking for!

I'm trying to achieve a bit of weight loss and stable bg. Stable bg I already have, weight loss too, thought not extremely quick.

If I can get to even down to 15% of protein without issues, it's great. I sometimes prefer to eat a bit less protein and top up with fat when I don't feel like eating too much meat, etc.

Does more fat/less protein means more weight loss, or it is totally personal?
My BF seems to be eating much more protein than me and his weight loss seems a bit slower than mine (and he has way more to lose). So I was wondering if extra protein may be the culprit here?

Thanks a lot!
 
One of the reasons you lose weight on a low carb high fat diet is that you change your body's energy metabolism and stop using glucose as your primary energy source, burning the stored fat. If you maintain a relatively high protein intake, your body converts excess protein to glucose and continues to use glucose as the primary energy source.
 
tim2000s said:
One of the reasons you lose weight on a low carb high fat diet is that you change your body's energy metabolism and stop using glucose as your primary energy source, burning the stored fat. If you maintain a relatively high protein intake, your body converts excess protein to glucose and continues to use glucose as the primary energy source.
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That's exactly what I told him! Thanks a loooot! This means I'm not crazy and got this all right :)
 
I have been on around 80% fat, 15% protein, 5% carb for the last year now.
Dr Trudi Deakin (Eat Fat author and NHS dietician advisor) says she eats around 83% fat (and is not diabetic).
My weight is very stable, if I wanted to loose weight I would not eat so quite so much Fat. There is a lot of calories in some of the high fat foods.
 
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