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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve never really understood what that means. I get that it’s tracking proportions of carbs vs proteins and veg?

Too much math for me. I’m just trying to limit portion size and exercise more. Im vegetarian so cant easily eliminate carbs.[/quote]

It simply means tracking what % of the [b]three macronutrients[/b] you take in on a daily basis.

Example, 30/40/30 protein/fats/carbs would be the % splits for your day's diet. Easy to do, no scales needed, no obsessing over stuff once you get the hang of it. 
Keeping a written record for a few days of what you eat will help you learn what your average macro splits are.

Vegetarian diets are rough on your body as far as aging also, just an FYI.[/quote]

Alcohol has calories apart from carbs, so there are effectively four macronutrients.[/quote]

True, 7 approximate calories per gram of pure ethanol.

The body must metabolize and break down ethanol into acetate at quickly as possible, so it prioritizes metabolization of it over the 3 main macros, so any food eaten slightly before, or during, or after while the alcohol is being broken down, will be stored as fat.

Alcohol basically "stops" your use of macros while it is being broken down.

This is why alcohol is great for those who are underweight and in a starving mode or survival mode with limited food sources, and is used by Monks during times of fasting, and also used by wrestlers such as Sumo wrestlers, to gain weight fast. [/quote]

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