Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Recommended Intake (Macronutrients)

The recommended intake for primary macro-nutrients varies highly from person to person, especially in active teenagers involved in sports. Here are some of the important nutrients to include when thinking about eating a healthy diet. In this case for a strength based athlete.

Carbohydrates: 55-60% of the diet should be made up of OR include Carbohydrates.

Proteins: 10-15% of the diet should be made up of OR include Protein.

Fats: ≥30% of the diet should be Fat.

2 comments:

robinnryan said...

This beginning statement is a very good starting point for your blog. It seems you can really work off of this well.
I think the percentages are good.
All you need to do is to add more of the main topics (i.e. Why is it important for a teenager to eat healthy foods?, etc.)

robin said...

You should give some examples of the ammount of fat or carbohydrates are in the %'s you gave. Like i am sure its easy to miss understand and accidentally eat more then 30% fat. SO you should say like a pop tart is 20% so that people know how much they are eating.
-Robin kiyabu