It's easy to get carried away with
thinking about macronutrients, satiety hormones, food reward, the best fat loss workouts, or sexier topics.
This required an entire change in the way
we think about macronutrients.
Not exact matches
I know your philosophy is not
about counting calories etc., but I
think it would be helpful if your recipes came with some nutritional content information,
macronutrients etc..
When
thinking about snacks try to create balance between all the
macronutrients, wholesome carbohydrates, lean protein and good fats.
A lot of people grab a latté, an energy bar, a juice, a muffin, or a 100 - calorie pack of something without reviewing the
macronutrient content and
thinking about what it will do to their hunger.
And if you
thought that the food's
macronutrient makeup was difficult to determine, you can forget
about figuring out what the ingredients were.
Here are links to those videos as well as a post from myself which talks
about percentages of
macronutrients and various
thoughts about what makes sense to aim for..
Now we can start
thinking about the specific nutrition and the importance of each of the
macronutrients.
To find out your ideal fat intake (depending on your goal), please, use this keto (
macronutrient) calculator: KetoDiet Buddy - Easy Macro Calculator for the Ketogenic Diet I don't
think there is any «ideal» fibre intake - you can read more
about fibre and carbs here: Total Carbs or Net Carbs: What Really Counts?
In this article however, I'd like to introduce a different way of
thinking about food — not as fuel, but as a complex collection of both
macronutrients and micronutrients that act as biological instruction manuals.
I have since been eating what feels like ridiculous amounts of food (and not worrying too much
about macronutrient ratios) and haven't gained a single pound, so I
think my suspicion was correct.
Before you begin to
think about anything else — frequency, volume, rep ranges, 1 - rep maximums,
macronutrient ratios — be sure these «boulders» are taken care of religiously.