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post #31 of 33
3/4/09 at 8:23pm
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Originally Posted by suited View Post
Please explain what you mean, because a cutting diet composed of 2,000 calories of sugar is surely not equivalent to a cutting diet composed of 2,000 calories of protein and good fats.

It depends on the deficit...

Someone once said to me "Lance Armstrong's diet only consists of 10% protein and 60% carbs so your 30-40% protein recommendation is obviously wrong!" to which I replied "He also uses 6000kcal/day, which means he takes in 150g of protein daily which is what you should be having."

For some people excess protein and excess carbs is just excess and it doesn't matter much.
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post #32 of 33
3/4/09 at 8:44pm
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Originally Posted by why View Post
It depends on the deficit...

Someone once said to me "Lance Armstrong's diet only consists of 10% protein and 60% carbs so your 30-40% protein recommendation is obviously wrong!" to which I replied "He also uses 6000kcal/day, which means he takes in 150g of protein daily which is what you should be having."

For some people excess protein and excess carbs is just excess and it doesn't matter much.

Is that your protein recommendation? What about fat & carbs? No smart answer in waiting...just curious.
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post #33 of 33
3/4/09 at 10:12pm
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Is that your protein recommendation? What about fat & carbs? No smart answer in waiting...just curious.

It was for that person. I don't like using percentages without an absolute number in the same context (ie. 30% of daily calories means little, 30% of 2000kcal actually has meaning).
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