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Protein Suggestions for Specific Diets
Protein Suggestions for Specific Diets
Protein Suggestions for Specific Diets
Last week we talked about general protein guidelines, but what if you’re on a very specific type of diet? As always, you can tailor any diet to suit your needs, but let’s talk about what the experts suggest for protein macros for some of the most popular diets:
🔹 Keto
A traditional ketogenic diet is 75% fat, 20% protein and 5% carbs. This can be tailored to suit your goals and lifestyle. If you want to include more protein, lower the fat macros. If your goal is to be in ketosis (for faster weight loss and/or healing a health condition), it’s best you test yourself with a blood ketone meter to see how high you can go on your protein before going out of ketosis. For regular weight loss and good health, ketosis is not necessary.
🔹 Paleo
A typical paleo diet consists of 40% fat, 30% protein and 30% carbohydrates.
🔹 Carnivore
Experts say you should aim for 1.2 – 2.2 grams of protein per kg of body weight. For example, a 154 lb. individual with a moderately active lifestyle might consume 112 – 154g of protein per day. Up the protein if you exercise a lot.
🔹 Low Carb
Eating low carb is pretty macro flexible. You have to determine for yourself how many carbs your body can handle and still lose weight. These macros will vary greatly from person to person, but a good guideline is: 30 – 40% fat, 40 – 50% protein and 10 – 25% carbs.
❓ Do you stick to a specific amount of protein per day, or do you wing it? 👇
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How Much Protein Do We Need?
How Much Protein Do We Need?
There is a lot of conflicting information out in internet-land. Even the health experts we’ve been following for years have different points of view when it comes to how much protein we need. When following a low-carb diet, your protein needs can vary based on your specific health goals, activity level, Overall health.
Why Protein is so Important?
Why Protein is so Important?
Why Protein is so Important
For the month of October I want to talk about protein… why it’s so important, how much do we need and how can we get more into our diet.
As you know, there is SO much information out in internet land… how do we know which advice to follow?
Bone Broth for Beautiful Skin
Bone Broth for Beautiful Skin
Just about everyone wants to have gorgeous, hydrated skin. Less fine lines and wrinkles and a natural glow that exudes health. What we put on our skin will help some yes, but truly healthy skin starts from the inside, and nothing is as beneficial for your skin as drinking bone broth. Read more...
Bone Broth Protein Drink
Bone Broth Protein Drink
About 4 times a year in my Intentionally Bare Keto Facebook Support Group, we have a reboot. We all try so hard to stay on our keto plan, but occasionally, we allow ourselves to veer off our ideal plan … summer, vacations, holidays, etc… A treat once in a while won’t hurt you. However, for some people, one treat leads to another, and before they know it, they’re not following keto anymore. Using my bone broth protein drink (along with OMAD) is a great way to help jumpstart your reboot!
Make your keto plan work for YOU
Make your keto plan work for YOU
Making your keto plan work for YOU is crucial if this is going to be your lifestyle. I find looking ahead at the calendar and planning out how I am going to do my keto makes me much more successful.
The Importance of Macros to Your Keto Diet Plan
The Importance of Macros to Your Keto Diet Plan
I’m going to tell you a not-so-carefully guarded secret.
I don’t always track my macros. Macros are macronutrients, those bits and pieces that make up the nutritional side of food that you eat. Calories are just one part of your food. There’s also fat, carbs, and protein. These elements make up your macros.
Don't Let The Summer Derail You
Don't Let The Summer Derail You
I remember when my kids were young… summers were SO fun! We had a pool, and our place was the hangout. Both kids have July birthdays, so you know what that means… birthday pool parties! Also sport 'wind up' parties, 'end of the year class' parties, 'just because' parties… always at our house.
I loved it. Every single loud, messy moment of it.
The Myth About Protein
The Myth About Protein
Protein is a funny thing... you would think that more is better, but when it comes to keto it's actually quite the opposite. Here is a little known fact: if you are carb sensitive (and most of us are), eating too much protein switches your body from fat burning to glucose burning… no, say it isn't so!
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