Coming from a primal / paleo diet (consuming roughly 50g of vegetable
based carbs per day) for nearly a year now, I have found your claims to be incredibly intriguing and well argued, yet I am still left with some unanswered questions.
Not exact matches
Low -
carb diets typically contain 20 — 100 grams of
carbs per day,
based on personal tolerance.
A good rule of thumb is to consume 2 grams of
carbs per pound of bodyweight every
day, although you should adjust this number
based on your personal results.
The ketogenic diet is
based on consuming low levels of
carbs (30 - 50g
per day), high - to - moderate amounts of protein and high amounts of dietary fats.
My TDEE is 2260 (calculated at 4 - 6 hours of exercise
per week) so these are the numbers I came up with
based on your guidance: Low
Carb Day Total Cals: 1700 Protein Cals: 920 54 %
Carb Cals: 510 30 % Fat Cals: 270 16 %
Based on my clinical experience and understanding of our metabolic pathways, at this time I feel over 100 gm
per day is too much
carb for anyone.
Based on his training, Markus estimates that he needs around 300 - 350 grams of
carbs per day.
Each of the diet products that have the idea of low - carbohydrate intake at their core have a different definition of what low -
carb actually is; sometimes it's
based on setting a target percentage of the daily nutritional intake and sometimes it's defined as only allowing a set weight of carbohydrates
per day.
But don't worry, just save the grain -
based carbs for no more than a 1 -
day per week «cheat
day», and most people can still do just fine if you're not gluten intolerant or Celiac.
I do believe I may not have been getting enough
carbs on a daily
basis and I am working on this by eating at least 100 - 150g
per day now.
● Eat whole, unprocessed foods 90 % of the time ● Eat whatever you want 10 % of the time ● Eat enough to feel energized ● Eat 2 - 3 meals
per day ● Eat
carbs on a daily
basis; putting the majority of them after your workouts and at night.
Low -
carb diets typically contain 20 — 100 grams of
carbs per day,
based on personal tolerance.
I typically eat my whole food meal post workout and intake a majority of my
carbs post workout and some
days per workout
based on the session and how I am feeling.
The limit should be about 25 - 50 grams of net
carbs per day (fibers excluded) from the general quantity of 200 - 300 grams ingested
per day on normal
basis.
I have been
basing them on ratios while keeping
carbs fixed at 20 - 30g
per day.
Based on a 1,600 - calorie diet, you need 180 to 260 grams of
carbs each
day, since
carbs offer 4 calories
per gram.
Based on your macro calculator, I've been aiming for about 1600 - 1700 calories (which is around what I was already eating pre-keto), I have been eating no more than 20 g of net
carbs per day over the last three weeks, and my protein is around 70g and fat around 130g.