Sentences with phrase «not percentages of total calories»

I suspect the percentages (3 - 5 % fat etc) are NOT percentages of total calories because then the percentages would have to add up to 100 %, since calories come from the macronutrients, protein, carbohydrate and fat.

Although the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons suggests athletes obtain 12 to 15 percent of their calories from protein, a 2009 review in «Nutrition and Metabolism» reports that individualized protein needs are based on an athlete's body weight, not the percentage of his total calorie intake.

As with protein, an athlete's carbohydrate needs are often determined using his body weight, not a percentage of his total calorie intake.

Not exact matches

You burn a higher percentage of fat in the fat burning zone, but that's not what determines weight loss — total calories burned does.

I am following a LCHF diet and I count net carbs, however I am confused by many macronutrient calculators which use net carbs as a percentage of total calories however the total calories does not take into account the calories from fiber.

In this same study, Keys reported «Serum cholesterol averages and CHD incidence rates were not found to be related to the percentage of calories provided by polyunsaturated fatty acids in the diet» (this quotation continued: «and were only slightly related to total fat calories.»)

Adjusted Hazard Ratio of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality by Total Sample According to Usual Percentage of Calories From Added Sugar Among US Adults Aged > 20 Years — NHANES Linked Mortality Files, 1988 - 2006 (n = 14338)