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Experimental Fat Loss's avatar

50/50 would be an extreme high-protein or low-carolie version of carnivore. Almost nobody can sustainably do this, which is why the guy who did it (OG carnivore Steffansson) got sick from it.

Most carnivores do 70/30 I'd say.

Of course this is skewed if you consciously restrict your carolies but keep absolute protein the same, which will make your diet look higher % in protein.

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RDM's avatar

Thanks. I prolly screwed up numbers or confused gms vs. calories.

FWIW, I personally did v. well on basically a ribeye a day — per USDA numbers, 500g cut has roughly 100g protein, 100gm fat… so 400 calories protein, 900 calories fat.

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Yea grams vs calories is always tricky haha. 50/50 by weight you're probably right - since the "lean" is mostly water and fat has 9carolies v.s 4 in brotien, you end up much higher.

Did you eat anything besides the ribeye? That's only 1,300kcal, which is about 1/3 of my TEE. I would have to eat 2.5-3 ribeyes unless I supplemented somehow, e.g. with butter/cream.

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