Learn to
calculate grams of fat per 1,000 kcal rather than relying on fat percentages to identify low — fat foods.
First, you need to make sure that the product will meet your dog's need for protein, then you can
calculate the grams of fat per 1,000 calories to make sure it is a low fat dog food but not an extremely low fat dog food.
If you want to determine the exact fat content of a pet food product you will need to
calculate the grams of fat per 1,000 calories.
Not exact matches
(It requires some intricate
calculating based on your body
fat percentage to figure out the relevant
grams of fat and protein.)
Please read the disclaimer for a little more info, but the diet is required to be so precise in the amount
of calories &
fat to protein / carbohydrate ratio that all recipes are
calculated in a software program and then weighed on a
gram scale so the exact nutrition numbers can be met.
I
calculated it (without the glaze) and each donut has about 81 calories and 1.5
grams of fat.
Of course since nuts have about 2800 cal / pound and are high on the calorie density scale... see CRON - O - meter for
calculating values for specific foods (use 454
grams to convert to pound)... if your goal is to lose
fat they are best avoided until you obtain your desired weight.
It teaches dieters how to
calculate their calorie needs (just like our calculator does above) as well as how many
grams of carbs,
fat, and protein (macros) they should be eating each day for weight loss.
The best method to
calculate how many carbs you need to eat each day is to first
calculate how many
grams of fat and protein you need to eat, with the rest
of your calories coming from carbs.
It is
calculated in a ratio
of grams of fat to protein plus carbohydrate.
These countries use the indirect method
of calculating carbs which means that carbs are
calculated «by difference» after they measure protein,
fat, water and ash per 100
grams.
Sugars, fiber,
fat, carbohydrate and protein values in table are in
grams and
calculated per 100g
of food.
If it says total
fat 0g, then theoretically it should be 0 %
fat (although there are probably some rounding errors and 0 may not always mean 0) If there's a value, e.g. total
fat 10g, it's going to be harder to
calculate, as the calories per
gram for
fat are different than for protein, carbs, and things like green veggies that don't have much
of any
of them.
Carbohydrate, protein,
fat and water values are in
grams and
calculated per 100g
of food weight.
Fats contain 9 calories per
gram, so you can
calculate this by simply taking your total daily calorie intake, multiplying it by 0.25, and then dividing by 9 to get the total
grams of fat you should aim for each day.
If there are 9 calories per
gram of fat and 4 and 4 for protein and carbs, doesn't your 120, 187 and 20
calculate to 2243 calories?