What is
the minimum calorie intake that meets all these nutrient considerations?
Based on my height,
my minimum calorie intake is 1,250 calories a day.
Brad then gave an ideal weight range for men and women based on their height and
the minimum calorie intake we should be eating during extended periods of weight loss.
Not exact matches
To keep inflammation to a
minimum, Dr. OKeefe recommends a restricted -
calorie diet (similar to the Mediterranean diet), consisting of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, nuts, vinegar, tea, and fish oil, as well as low to moderate alcohol
intake.
According to health authorities, the
minimum daily
calorie intake is 1200
calories for men and 1800
calories for men, but these numbers can vary depending on your body composition and activity levels.
Slowly try to increase your food
intake to at least 1200
calories, this should be the
minimum.
If you are eating a low number of
calories, you might want to weigh and record everything you eat and then calculate whether you are meeting the
minimum protein
intake requirements (I believe 45 - 50g / day).
But some forget that we still need a
minimum amount of
calories everyday in order to be healthy and they try to overcompensate with vastly reducing the number of
calories they
intake.
The
minimum energy (
calorie)
intake required for these processes represents your basal metabolic rate (BMR).
The first things that come to mind... keep saturated fat to about 1/3 of your total fat
intake, avoid trans fat completely, keep sodium and cholesterol
intake in their healthy ranges, get enough fiber, and try to get most of your
calories from higher quality, nutrient - dense foods while keeping the typical junky crap to a sane (yet enjoyable)
minimum.
It more or less has to do with total
calories and hitting
minimum protein and fat
intakes.
An alternative way of calculating a safe
minimum calorie -
intake level is by reference to your body weight or current body weight.
Eating a
minimum of five healthy meals a day may keep you more satisfied, allowing you to maintain better control over your
calorie intake more efficiently than a person who only eats your typical three meals.
The
minimum food
intake in
calories tells us the maximum rate at which your body can metabolize fat and, therefore, at which you can lose fat.
The recommended fiber
intake is 15g of fiber per 1000
calories, with the absolute
minimum fiber
intake being 22g per day (for a female).
That way, the maximum percentage of your
calorie intake will be used for lean muscle growth while the
minimum amount will end up as body fat.
In order to perform at your very best and to optimize your overall health and hormone levels, you'll want to keep your fat
intake set at around 25 % of your total
calories for the day, and no less than 20 % as a
minimum.
That's only 400
calories, so for an active person who might need a
minimum of 2,000
calories a day, it's only 25 % of the total caloric
intake.
The lower limit
calorie intake level is based on the maximum rate of weight loss you can achieve without excessive loss of muscle mass (i.e. 21
calories per pound of body fat)[1][2] while also getting a
minimum amount of protein.
People were also held to a strict
calorie limit, unlike some low - carb approaches that allow people to eat as much as they want, provided they keep their carb
intake to a
minimum.
On the Bellevue All - Meat Trial in 1928 Vilhjalmur Stefansson ate 550 protein
calories per day, which is probably a good estimate for the
minimum intake needed to prevent lean tissue loss on a zero - carb diet.