fat-carb-protein ratio???

I cannot find on this site what percentages of fats, carbs & proteins is recommended.

Thanks so much for any info!

There's something in the 'Ask Mary' section.  However, the numbers for a well-balanced diet are.... 40-65% carbohydrate, 15-25% proteins and 25-30% fats.   Doesn't affect weight-loss if you go outside of these parameters but it can affect how you are nourished, how well your digestion functions, that kind of thing.

Try to make your carbohydrates the vegetables, fruit and wholegrain foods sort rather than too many simple sugars and starches.  Proteins should be lean and good quality.  And try to get a reasonable amount of fats from foods like olive oils, oily fish, nuts, avocados... rather than too many animal fats.

Other benchmarks.... Keep fibre above 25g, sugar below 50g and sodium below 2400mg. 

This is useful, thanks

You can also google a metabolic typing test...

take one of these, or a few of these tests, about your eating patterns, habits, cravings, as well as feelings and energy before and after foods.  This metabolic typing test will break up your macronutrient ratio for you, and if you eat accordingly, you will feel fuller longer, and use energy more efficiently.

For example, I am a balanced oxidizer and function most efficiently on 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% dietary fats.  Good luck :)

Cool!  Thanks for the good information missmontana & gijane!

(There's no such thing as a balanced oxidiser....)

Original Post by gi-jane:

(There's no such thing as a balanced oxidiser....)

 perhaps you could enlighten us and tell us what there is then ;)

1) Fast Oxidizers should eat foods with more proteins and fats in order to slow down their rate of oxidation and insulin release, and to better promote stable blood sugar and sustained energy levels. It is important to make sure there is protein in everything you eat including snacks. Foods that are ideal for you (Protein) bacon, beef, dark meat chicken, etc.; (Carbs) mushrooms, spinach, olives, etc.; (Fats) sunflower seeds, peanuts, almonds, etc.

2) Slow Oxidizers burn through the nutrients in their food slowly and do not release the glucose from carbohydrates into the blood quickly enough, which means that they do not get converted into glucose, and energy production and availability are delayed. Foods that are ideal for you (Protein) white meat chicken, lean pork, catfish, etc.; (Carbs) apples, brown rice, beans, etc.; (Fats) raw and unsalted nuts, etc.

3) Balanced Oxidizes require foods that have equal quantities of protein, fat, and carbs in order to optimally process, produce and use the energy from their foods. Foods that are ideal for you (Protein) salmon, shellfish, eggs, etc.; (Carbs) tomatoes, celery, citrus fruits, etc.; (Fats) butter, walnuts, sesame oil, etc.

By eating the foods that contain the ideal macronutrient ratios for your metabolic rate you will have less physical ailments and feel energized.

(jillian michaels)

Original Post by missmontana:

 perhaps you could enlighten us and tell us what there is then ;)

 Certainly.... there is 'one born every minute'....