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The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture recommended on Thursday that Americans consume less than 10 % of their daily calories from added sugars, a far more specific suggestion than the previous one to simply «reduce» sugar consumption.

But, in general, the National Institutes of Health recommends that people who exercise get 45 % to 65 % of their daily calories from carbohydrates, 25 % to 35 % from fat, and 10 % to 35 % come from protein.

A study has shown that children ages two to 18 years old get 40 percent of their daily calories from junk foods like sugary sodas and fruit drinks, cookies, donut, candy, fried foods and more — that's unconscionable.

Try over 85 % of daily calories from whole plant - based products and less than 5 % from animal products.

In fact, the average American consumes 25 percent of their daily calories from snacks.

It is estimated that a baby 12 mo + can obtain as many as 25 - 30 % of their daily calories from snacks.

Although fats do not need to be restricted for infants, KidsHealth.org recommends that by the age of two, children should get only 30 to 35 per cent of their daily calories from fat.

Actually it is estimated that toddler and young children will get 25 % of their daily calories from snacks.

The USDA recommends that toddlers get 30 - 35 percent of their daily calories from fat.

Young children get 10 to 15 percent of their daily calories from sugar - sweetened beverages (soda, fruit punches, and sports drinks).

More alarmingly, people who get at least 25 percent of their daily calories from added sugar — or 13 percent of the U.S. population — are almost three times as likely to die from cardiovascular disease than those who get just 10 percent of calories from the sweet stuff.

Study results indicate that the average percentage of daily calories from added sugar increased from 15.7 percent in 1988 - 1994 to 16.8 percent in 1999 to 2004 and decreased to 14.9 percent in 2005 - 2010.

But while Americans have dutifully reduced the percentage of daily calories from saturated fat since 1970, the obesity rate during that time has more than doubled, diabetes has tripled, and heart disease is still the country's biggest killer.

The other groups received a diet with 40 percent of daily calories from fat, an amount common in the American diet.

The control group received a low - fat diet (5 percent of daily calories from fat).

For achieving optimal results, strive to eat 40 - 50 % of your daily calories from protein sources.

You want to get the majority of your daily calories from high quality foods such as lean meats, fatty fish, eggs, dairy products, whole grain breads, pasta, rice, potatoes and nutrient - dense vegetables.

The average child in America still gets nearly half of their daily calories from added sugars and solid fats, and 93 percent of them don't eat their recommended daily vegetables.

Finally, the group eating the most protein got 26 % of daily calories from protein (around 230 grams per day), 41 % from carbs and 33 % from fat.

A good rule of thumb is to make sure you get 40 % of your daily calories from protein and 30 % from carbs and fat.

On average, they received about 14 % of their daily calories from animal protein, and 4 % from plant - based protein.

People who got 40 % of their daily calories from protein lost significantly more body fat than those whose diets had only 15 % protein, even though they consumed the same number of calories, a Skidmore College study found.

For the purpose of maintaining optimal health, muscle strength and a healthy weight, the average adult needs to get 15 - 35 % of their daily calories from protein.

In the 2015 - 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, for the first time in 35 years, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services removed the limit on total fat consumption in the American diet (though they still recommend getting less than 10 % of daily calories from saturated fat).

A 2014 study revealed that people who consumed 17 percent to 21 percent of their daily calories from the sweet stuff had a 38 percent higher risk of dying from heart disease compared with those who kept their added sugar intake to 8 percent of their daily calories.

They had each participant lose about 10 to 15 percent of their body weight, then put them on three different maintenance diets — low - fat (with about 60 percent of daily calories coming from carbs); low - glycemic - index (with about 40 percent of daily intake from carbs that cause only moderate spikes in blood sugar, such as legumes and vegetables); and a very low - carb approach, with just 10 percent of daily calories from carbs.

They say having 5 % to 10 % of daily calories from omega - 6 fatty acids, or 12 to 22 grams per day, is safe, and higher intakes «appear to be safe and may be even more beneficial.»

The most recent U.S. dietary guidelines recommend Americans get less than 10 % of their daily calories from added sugars — which is roughly the equivalent of a 16 - ounce soda.

(20,21) However, most people who are serious about their health aren't eating anywhere close to 20 % of their daily calories from sugar.

This means getting 80 % of your daily calories from unprocessed, whole foods and the other 20 % from treats.

Depending on training frequency, bodybuilders need to get about 30 - 40 % of their daily calories from protein (think chicken, lean cuts of red meat and cold - water fish), and about 20 % from unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, which also help avoid catabolism.

In comparison to those eating less than 10 % of calories from protein, those who ate between 10 - 19 % of daily calories from protein were 23 times more likely to die from diabetes.

You should not get more than 10 percent of your daily calories from saturated fat, according to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010.

The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans makes the following recommendations on how much fat you should eat every day: No more than 25 to 30 % of your daily calories from fats.

Interestingly, those consuming the high - fat diet actually took in just over 13 % of their daily calories from saturated fat which is more than double the 5 to 6 % recommended by the American Heart Association.

Although Harvard Medical School reports that most healthy adults should aim for 15 percent of their daily calories from protein, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's sample weight - loss menus contain about 20 percent of the calories from protein, or about 60 grams per day for a 1,200 - calorie diet and 80 grams of protein per day when using a 1,600 - calorie weight loss plan.

Personally, I tend to cycle between the low - carb group and the moderate - carb group depending on the day of the week, so I range between 10 % to 30 % of my daily calories from carbohydrates.

If you're sedentary, about 25 % of daily calories from carbohydrate should be plenty.

According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, athletes should obtain about 20 to 30 percent of their daily calories from dietary fat — which is equivalent to 67 to 100 grams of fat daily when eating 3,000 calories a day.

Forget about the «Recommended Daily Allowances» (RDA's) of 12 - 15 % of daily calories from protein.

Though not exact, an average adult should acquire 45 - 65 % of their daily calories from carbohydrates, 10 - 25 % from protein, and 20 - 35 % from fat.

Based on these guidelines, you should consume between 45 and 65 percent of your daily calories from carbohydrates and 10 to 35 percent of your calories from protein.

Most sources say we should get between 20 and 35 percent of our daily calories from fats, and it's rare that we don't get enough.

Even if you exercise well (as we encourage you to do on this website), you should not be getting much more than about one - third of your daily calories from proteins.

If dietary fat intake is too low, these functions can become compromised, which is why the Institute of Medicine recommends that adults should get 20 to 35 % of their daily calories from dietary fat.

Although, to my limited understanding, only 45 % of daily calories from carbs sounds like too little, even for a muscle building program already.

Research has found people who get at least 25 percent of their daily calories from added sugars of any kind were more than three times more likely to have low levels of the «good» HDL cholesterol in their bloodstream, a risk factor for heart disease, than people who got less than 5 percent of their calories from sweeteners.

People who consume more than a quarter of their daily calories from added sugars have nearly triple the risk of cardiovascular disease compared to those who consume less than 10 percent of their daily calories from added sugars, the researchers note.

The question is maybe over 80 % of daily calories from whole plant - based products and some maximum of animal products like 10 % is the best for the majority of humans.

Get slightly more than one - third of your daily calories from natural sources of proteins and the rest from natural sources of fats.