Every food and every meal is made up of one or more of the three macro-nutrients: carbohydrate, fat, and protein. When combining food and beverages for a snack or meal, try to combine foods that contain all three macro-nutrients. For example, if I were having a snack at 10 am (which I usually do), it would be better to have an apple and a cheese stick, rather than just an apple. Why? An apple is carbohydrate only, while the cheese stick provides protein and fat. Having fat in the snack will help give me a satisfied feeling for a longer period of time.
Each macro-nutrient has important functions which contribute to a lean, healthy body. The often taught percentage to aim for when building a meal is 60% carbohydrate, 20% fat, and 20% protein. The Zone Diet teaches a 40-30-30 ratio. You're going to hear enough conflicting ratios to make your head spin-even if you don't have vertigo issues like I do! I would guess that I'm somewhere in between the two with my own eating tendencies.
It appears that diets higher in protein are helpful for most people seeking to lose weight and get leaner. Body builders, who are some of the leanest athletes, sometimes eat an enormous amount of protein per day. I believe that the ideal ratio varies from one person to the next, and finding the ideal ratio for your body will probably take some tweaking. The leaner you seek to become, the greater will be the importance on having the ratio dialed in. Your final stages of becoming shredded will require that carbs be very limited which will consequently elevate protein to a very high ratio.
Eat Fresh. -Joe
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