You French Bulldog should
eat enough calories based on the weight ratios above if they're somewhere in the normal weight range.
Below we're going to break down what a 16 hour fast might look like in a day and how you can still
eat enough calories based on a 2,000 calorie a day consumption baseline.
Not exact matches
When you
eat a diet
based on fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes and are
eating enough calories for your body, it's nearly impossible to be protein deficient.
If you
eat enough protein and
calories on a regular
basis and your programming is decent, then the reasons for a missed lift (or overall fatigue) are out of your control.
Providing you're
eating sufficient
calories, and your diet isn't too fruit
based, it is pretty easy to get
enough protein without legumes, nuts and seeds, but getting most of your protein from grains might leave you a little short on lysine so it's best to
eat a cup or so most days.
Just keep it plant -
based and
eat enough calories to have the energy you want everything just works itself out.
I also agree with you when you say «a lot of people who have difficulties to
eat enough calories on a plant -
based diet» therefore smoothies are a solution for folks transitioning to a plant -
based diet.
I found this article (http://nutritionstudies.org/are-smoothies-good-or-bad/) by T.M.Campbell, talking mostly about high caloric intake (which I don't find relevant, since I know a lot of people who have difficulties to
eat enough calories on a plant -
based diet).
Based on your macros, you may not be
eating enough protein but it is relative - it depends on your overall food intake (
calories and grams of protein).
Generally speaking, if you are
eating enough calories for your body
based upon weight and height during the day, adding extra
calories at night could in theory prevent weight loss or worse cause weight gain.
If I had to guess, I would say that these folks might have tried a plant
based diet for a short period, and like so many people who do, they didn't
eat a large
enough volume in order to get
enough calories.
And if you are going to stick to the recommended amounts of nuts / seeds, which is just 1/4 cup, you may need to
eat some starch
based foods in order to get
enough calories and feel full.
They
eat plates of this stuff, they rely on them for protein and
calories, and sure
enough, cultures whose diets are
based on (improperly prepared) grains and legumes often suffer the symptoms of widespread mineral deficiencies, like nutritional rickets.
If one
eats sufficient
calories to maintain a healthy weight, even with avoiding hemolysis - inducing foods, one will get
enough protein to thrive on a plant
based diet.
If you consume the exact
calories or close to this amount, you should be
eating enough, as long as you include a variety of plant -
based foods.
(1) A «business as usual» approach
based on predictions from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; this scenario was used as the reference point for the study (2) A «healthy global diets» scenario in which people adopt the global dietary guidelines for healthy
eating and consume just
enough calories to maintain a healthy body weight; it includes at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables, less than 50g of sugar, and a max of 43g of meat daily (3) A vegetarian diet that includes eggs and dairy, 6 servings of fruits and vegetables, and 1 portion of pulses (4) A completely plant -
based vegan diet, with 7 servings of fruits and vegetables and 1 portion of pulses