| indiblue |
05-23-2011 09:18 PM |
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Originally Posted by Brown
(Post 3860326)
I would not use any nutrition guidelines that think it's healthy to consume 225 to 325 grams of carbohydrates a day. They also seem to subscribe to the idea that fat makes you fat, along with the saturated fat myth. Posting things like that discredits anything else they say that may actually be beneficial.
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The article provided those carb guidelines based on a 2000 calorie diet. Since many on 3FC are restricting calories to below 2000, we are accustomed to seeing carb numbers much lower than that. It recommends 45-65% of carbs, so if someone is eating at 1400, they would consume between 150-220 (roughly, I guesstimated the math!) carbs a day. These are the numbers we are more used to seeing and this is why the numbers mentioned in the article looked high. Regardless, 45-65% of calories from carbs seems to be quite reasonable and generally accepted. Some need fewer, some need more. Different strokes for different folks :)
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