I am bulking now. I am trying to increase my calories more. Of course I want to minimize the amount of fat gained on cycle. Fat is more calorie dense and it makes hitting my target easier. Do higher dietary fat intakez lead to more body fat? Should i just increase carbs to 600 grams and fat to 100 or keep carbs at 400 grams and go 150-200 grams on fat?
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Anyone a nutritionist? Fat vs carbs...
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You can do either one just make sure whatever you maximizes your gym performance. I'd prefer high carbs but not everyone is the same.
Ooohhh. So making the decision between going higher carb and higher fat boils down to performance enhancement as opposed to further optimizing muscle growth? I'm saying like guys that eat 10,000 cals take maybe 400 grams protein, 600 grams carbs, and 600 grams fat? Does that make sense?
Better workouts will enhance muscle growth but indirectly so find what macros will allow you the best gym performance as getting in your extra cals from fat or carbs isn't going to make much difference in the big picture. Here's a Lyle McDonald article that explains it:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-get-fat.html/
Eat more carbs you burn more carbs and use less stored fat for energy
If you eat less carbs you burn less carbs, bc you eat less of them, but you tap into stored fat more for energy.
But since you're eating more fat in the latter example you're also storing more fat so in terms of net changes the differences are insignificant.
Yes those macros look ok. Remember, there's evidence showing someone on gear can utilize a higher protein intake more efficiently and 400g isn't an absurd amount while on 10,000cals. If opt for less dietary fat and higher carbs though for myself personally.
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I know I am a bit late to this thread, but I just read through and thought I would add something for anyone that reads in the future. Dietary fat does not equal stored fat unless you exceed your maintenance calories for the day, just the same as with carbs or protein. If you exceed your calories by the same amount during your bulk either with fat or carbs providing the energy, you should get the same result. A calorie is a calorie despite where it comes from. Macro percentages are important though. And a great article from Doc! ^
