I'm curious if you ladies wouldn't mind giving me some input on personal experience with dietary fat?
Sepecifically if any of you notice that your bodies run better with a little more compared to a man's intake?
Do you seem to crave saturated fats instead of fructose comparatively?
Around and during mensus do these cravings increase? Decrease?
During and after menopause does this change at all?
For those who are highly active, do you notice you crave carbohydrates more? Or just even higher levels of fat?
I ask because I notice that women, especially when healthy seem to do best with more fat in their diet than men (specifically a men tends to do best on 0.3g/lean lb of bodymass and women seem to do best on 0.6-0.8g/lean lb of bodymass)
Thanks in advance for all input :)
I've never calculated it but I noticed a long time ago that I feel my best when I get at least 50 grams of fat per day. @thebigpeatowski and I discussed this briefly years ago in her thread. I'm in menopause but the only consistent cravings I can recall around my cycle were for chocolate or ice cream. I can't decide if those foods would be considered a sweet or fat craving since they usually have a fair amount of both! I no longer seem to have any hormonal cravings and honestly can't remember the last time I ate ice cream.
Out of curiosity I'll try to calculate my lean body mass and see where I fall within the range you mentioned.