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How Much Fat do I Need?
As always, the answer is: It depends. The best guidelines for fat intake are:
• Lightly active ~0.3-0.5 g of fat per lb of bodyweight (~0.65-1.1
g/kg)
• Moderately active ~0.5-0.7 g/lb (~1.1-1.5 g/kg)
• Highly active ~0.7-0.9 g/lb (~1.5-2 g/kg)
* Note: Fat intake could be as low as 0.2 g/lb (0.4 g/kg) on low-fat diets, or
as high as 2.0 g/lb (4.4 g/kg) for ultra-endurance athletes on ketogenic diets.
It is generally recommended to not have less that 20% of your daily total
caloric intake from fat and no more than about 35%.
The last source of energy to discuss was briefly mentioned earlier and I’ll
take a few short lines to discuss it now, alcohol.
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