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January 27, 2009, 6:01 pm

Carbs / Fat / Protein Override for Special Needs

A USER ASKS

Since I am a Bariatric patient who has had weight loss surgery my nutrition goals are a bit different then a lot of folks. I need to reset and lock my settings to reflect the following:

Calories = 500 - 800 per day
Carbs = 40 GM per day
Protein = 70 GM per day
Fat = 30 GM per day


OUR ANSWER

I thought it would be interesting to show everybody the math behind the this question. We'll start with some basic facts:

1 gram of carbohydrates = 4 calories
1 gram of protein = 4 calories
1 gram of fat = 9 calories

Now those numbers

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