I've reduced my carbs down to no more than 50g a day depending on my meals on a given day I may not go over 20g that why I was wondering about the fats and the protein intake. At times I would be still hungry even after what I would think are high fat and protein rich mealst to keep me full that why I'm wondering at what percentage should I be aiming higher on the intake.?? Is their a too much % in my meals of the fats and protein that further down the line my cause me other issues??It’s usually recommended to increase fats and proteins, rather than carbs, if you hope to maintain blood glucose levels and want to halt weight loss starting from whatever you’ve been doing up til now. Individual % may vary. For every “expert” or personal experience you’ll get slightly different numbers. Be guided by your glucose meter, tape measure, clothes, general well being and last of all scales
Is their a too much % in my meals of the fats and protein that further down the line my cause me other issues??
Are they really high fat though? After decades of low fat being drummed into us anything other than fat deficient foods appear high fat when in fact they are simply normal and natural amounts. What would your grandparents or their parents have thought of the fat content? Probably not batted an eyelid. And is it genuinely hunger if you’ve eaten til you feel satiated? Or is it habit? Or thirst even maybe?At times I would be still hungry even after what I would think are high fat and protein rich mealst to keep me full
I thanks for the reply and a couple of points to take on board, im eating all types of meats, chicken and fish also but no sooner have I finished a meal my stomach is rumbling and feeling hungry again or am I. I've increased my water intake and as of last month now putting cream into my usual black coffees to increase my fat intake also. Could be habit or maybe portion sizes I just don't know at this stage. As for cholesterol I'm not worried I'm actually happy as doc had said to me that although it was not high enough initially for her to put me on a statin it has come down since my first bloods taken.I don't have the breakdown I'm still waiting on her to send them to me.Are they really high fat though? After decades of low fat being drummed into us anything other than fat deficient foods appear high fat when in fact they are simply normal and natural amounts. What would your grandparents or their parents have thought of the fat content? Probably not batted an eyelid. And is it genuinely hunger if you’ve eaten til you feel satiated? Or is it habit? Or thirst even maybe?
The fact that you quote calories in your initial post says to me you are still, on some level, concerned with the old low fat advice drummed into us all (and now the ditch meat propoganda too) along with the massively oversimplified calories in calories out models. It’s incredibly hard to resist this. But the evidence and science simply aren’t backing these mantras up the way they would have us believe.
I’m guessing cholesterol is the biggest fear you have about fat -as the scales are failing to show the doomsday outcome the low fat brigade predict. Almost all of us eating whole, unprocessed natural low carb foods see improved triglycerides (the real baddies) and HDL (the “goodies”) and better overall ratios. And that’s before we get into the debates about what desirable levels of the components of a cholesterol panels really are, the type of LDL (small, dense potentially harmful or large and protective) that’s being calculated rather than measured, how pointless “total” numbers are and what the levels truly mean for us as individuals.
Im eating walnuts and Brazil nuts when I'm feeling hungry again before my next meal which means I could be snacking 3 times a day.. I'm testing all the time before the meal and 2 hrs sometimes 3hrs after meals to see how numbers are. I'm still causious in what I'm eating as not to raise numbers so far going alright but then have myself limited to what I know is OK to eat. I've managed to keep my post meal numbers in the 6's sometime 5'sIf you're feeling hungry and have no need to lose more weight, why not eat fat and protein to satiety instead of counting the macros?
Do you use a glucose meter before and after meals to see if your body can handle the carbs?
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