Fats vs Carbs vs Proteins, which one would you prioritize?

[your moms dildo]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov: Individuals engaged in a general fitness program can typically meet macronutrient needs by consuming a normal diet consisting of 45-55% carbohydrates (3-5g/kg/day), 10-15% proteins (0.81g/kg/day) and 25-35% fats (0.5-1.5g/kg/day).

Few notes:

1. I've seen lot of references to Proteins and its influence on skin and hair health.
2. If someone is losing weight, and lowers each macronutrient intake by eg 30% (to lower calorific intake), then the mentioned above proteins will be low/insufficient, resulting in shitty skin/hair/hairloss/etc.

Do you guys agree with their recommendations, or would you prioritize proteins at the expense of carbs or fats (which one)?
Or would you prioritize something else entirely?

 

[Loveland]

consume around a gram per lbs of lean bodymass of protein, more if u wanna be safe on a cut, but that will be optimal for muscle building. Consume as many fats as u need to ensure proper bowel movements, skin hydration, hormones (which will usually not be that much and helps avoids pufa) , rest is carbs.

 

[sirmimbing]

Just eat a varied diet that fits with your goals. Don't starve yourself of any of the macronutrients but prioritize the ones that most align with your goals. Have 0.8/1g of protein per lb of bodyweight as a baseline and then increase/decrease the amount of carbs you eat depending on what you want. If you're maximizing looks then probably a bit less carbs is prefered bcs of water retention. If you're optimizing performance/health then you might want more bcs of the extra energy and such.

 

[Akhi]

basing your diet only on fats and protein is a good way to really reduce bloating and reduce fat faster than with carbs

the only issue is that many people will be low energy without carbs, for me it works well

 

[Gandy]

Keto is fine on a cut.

Keto isn't fine while building muscle mass. I've tried it - your energy levels drop to rock bottom if you don't fuel the workout day with carbs, either complex carbs like oats or fast carbs like pasta.

Eating fats doesn't make a person fat. They are more calorie dense than carbs or proteins (1g fat =9kcal), nothing more.
Fats are essential to your hair, skin, brain, hormone and organ function both on a cut and a bulk.

 

[Reoa]

Few notes:

1. I've seen lot of references to Proteins and its influence on skin and hair health.
2. If someone is losing weight, and lowers each macronutrient intake by eg 30% (to lower calorific intake), then the mentioned above proteins will be low/insufficient, resulting in shitty skin/hair/hairloss/etc.

Do you guys agree with their recommendations, or would you prioritize proteins at the expense of carbs or fats (which one)?
Or would you prioritize something else entirely?

If you work out (which you should be), prioritize atleast 80+ grams of protein or more if you really want to optimize. Try to eat lots of sugar and carbs, and cut out starchy carbs like pasta or bread. Coca cola or fruit juice is my favorite way to do this. Fat should be minimize, only source should be cholesterol or sat fat from butter, eggs and meat. All of this should optimize T when i comes to your macronutrients.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9867816/

Cholesterol molecule to the left vs testosterone molecule on the right.

 

[IAMNOTANINCEL]

prioritize for what purpose

 

[Deleted member 50511]

basing your diet only on fats and protein is a good way to really reduce bloating and reduce fat faster than with carbs

the only issue is that many people will be low energy without carbs, for me it works well

Low energy is from retards who don’t eat enough fat. If you’re in ketosis you should be eating butter with everything.

 

[rubberduck]

When I try cutting I find myself more satisfied/full if I reach 100g of protein even if I only had 1200 or so calories, than if I ate 1700 calories but only 30g of protein

 

[Dickdazzler]

Proteins for muscles and all tasty food has tons of protein

 

[Akhi]

Low energy is from retards who don’t eat enough fat. If you’re in ketosis you should be eating butter with everything.

it took some time to adjust for me too

still not the same energy level as if i ate carbs