Lin
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Peat talks about balancing protein with sugar. Well, I wondered, what are you balancing? ounces? grams? Sugar is a carb, so I thought he meant carb grams to protein grams. (Anyone familiar with the Zone diet?)
Anyway, being kinda OCD, and thinking I had it figured out, I went in Cronometer and set the following goals: 80-100 gm protein. with a ratio of protein 25%, fat 25%, carbs 50%. That gives me a ratio of 2 sugar/1 protein. And this is with 1418 calories, which Cronometer thinks I need to maintain my current weight! Success!
But I just noticed, Peat says it takes 10 ounces of orange juice to balance an egg. Well, an egg has 6.3 gm protein, and 10 oz of OJ is 36 gm carb. So now I am totally confused! Is he talking about a blood glucose reaction? If so, how to allow for that? Is it only with eggs?
Anyway, being kinda OCD, and thinking I had it figured out, I went in Cronometer and set the following goals: 80-100 gm protein. with a ratio of protein 25%, fat 25%, carbs 50%. That gives me a ratio of 2 sugar/1 protein. And this is with 1418 calories, which Cronometer thinks I need to maintain my current weight! Success!
But I just noticed, Peat says it takes 10 ounces of orange juice to balance an egg. Well, an egg has 6.3 gm protein, and 10 oz of OJ is 36 gm carb. So now I am totally confused! Is he talking about a blood glucose reaction? If so, how to allow for that? Is it only with eggs?