Sentences with phrase «minimum number of calories»

Everybody requires a minimum number of calories to live.

Both planning patterns do call for the same minimum number of calories and fat < 30 % and saturated fat < 10 %.

Then you have to consider the minimum number of calories the USDA says your school must offer little Jimmy at lunch.

Not exact matches

Because a nursing mom needs extra energy to make milk, the minimum daily number of calories suggested for lactating women comes to 2,000 calories.

It is believed that this is the optimal number of calories for muscle growth and minimum fat gain.

Because half of us need more protein than that average minimum, a safe number to shoot for is around 8 - 10 % of total calories.

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 table below shows what 0.7 g / kg LBM (which provides minimum levels of satiety) looks like in terms of a number of different units for a lean and an obese man (consuming 2000 calories) and woman (consuming 1600 calories).