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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 271824" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>out of curiosity I tried to work out a standard meat/veg starchy carb meal that you could eat that had the same macro nutrient content as the optifast shakes; </p><p>I found the content on the website (which seems to differ a bit from the paper, I think that it was because it was the ready made shakes, never mind its similar and showed me how difficult it was to do )</p><p>carbs 20g, protein 14g, fat 3 g. ie 50% carb, 35% protein, 16.8% fat (doesn't add up, they obviously rounded ) </p><p></p><p>Trying to make a meal with meat and veg in these proportions is really difficult, meat obviously has both but so do veg It's actually hard not to get one or the other too high. (might have been easier if I'd used white fish) I didn't look at vitamins and minerals.(though having decided on red pepper looked for a green veg)</p><p>My nearest tries were:</p><p>50g rump steak, 70g new potato, 100g red pepper, 50g cabbage. This worked out at 19.9g carb, 13.84g protein, 2.93g fat. </p><p> 60g of chicken breast , same veg; 19,9g carb,16,34g protein,2.96g fat.</p><p>Lot easier to use the shakes!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 271824, member: 12578"] out of curiosity I tried to work out a standard meat/veg starchy carb meal that you could eat that had the same macro nutrient content as the optifast shakes; I found the content on the website (which seems to differ a bit from the paper, I think that it was because it was the ready made shakes, never mind its similar and showed me how difficult it was to do ) carbs 20g, protein 14g, fat 3 g. ie 50% carb, 35% protein, 16.8% fat (doesn't add up, they obviously rounded ) Trying to make a meal with meat and veg in these proportions is really difficult, meat obviously has both but so do veg It's actually hard not to get one or the other too high. (might have been easier if I'd used white fish) I didn't look at vitamins and minerals.(though having decided on red pepper looked for a green veg) My nearest tries were: 50g rump steak, 70g new potato, 100g red pepper, 50g cabbage. This worked out at 19.9g carb, 13.84g protein, 2.93g fat. 60g of chicken breast , same veg; 19,9g carb,16,34g protein,2.96g fat. Lot easier to use the shakes! [/QUOTE]
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