Ketogenic Diet: Macronutrients Confusion When Doing Keto & Intermittent Fasting Dr.Berg

I know how confusing keto macros can be!

Timestamps:
0:00 Keto macros can be confusing, but I’ll clarify them
4:58 Even when reducing your number of meals, keep the grams of carbs the same
5:58 Ratio your amount of protein depending on how many meals you consume
6:36 The amount of fat is the wild card!

People get confused about keto macros on a ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting plan. Here’s what I mean by keto macros: the percentages of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. You might feel confused when I start explaining, but watch until the end; I’ll clear it up.

Keto macros are given as five percent carbs, twenty percent proteins, and seventy five percent fats. When we add in intermittent fasting, this confuses everything because you go from three meals per day, to two, to one. The percentages change.

Let’s say you eat 1,800 calories total calories on three meals per day; 1,500 on two meals; 1,200 on one. Calories reduce somewhat of their own accord, the fewer meals per day you eat. As you reduce the frequency of your eating, you retain more nutrients from the amount of food you eat. The percentages of keto macros then change. Plus, it’s really hard to consume 1,800 calories in just one healthy keto meal per day!

Ideally, on three meals a day, you should have a total per day of ten cups of vegetables. You can divide the ten cups by three meals for your amount per meal. When you go to two meals per day, your body is more efficient, so you can reduce the vegetables to eight cups per day or four cups per meal. When you get to one meal per day, you’d eat a total of seven cups of vegetables. As you reduce your number of meals, your body metabolically adapts and holds more nutrients from each meal.

If you can keep your carbs to twenty or fewer grams per day, that would be ideal, and this applies whether you’re consuming three, two, or one meal per day. It’s the total grams of carbs that are important. Thirty grams or fewer is acceptable; twenty is ideal.

For protein, aim for four ounces per meal if you’re consuming three meals per day; five per meal if two meals per day; eight ounces for one meal per day.

As for fat, when you first start keto and intermittent fasting, you’re going to need more fat. As you progress, you’ll need to consume less fat because your body is eating its own fat. The best way to judge how much fat you need is based on your hunger. Eat enough fat to keep you comfortable full between meals but not so much that you feel stuffed. On average, you’d consume 140 grams per day if you’re consuming three meals; 113 grams if two meals; 86 grams if eating one meal per day.

The meal plans on my website, under Recipes, already have these keto macro amounts built into them.

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Keto macros can be really confusing!