Your
personal calorie recommendation depends on a number of things,
including your height, current weight, age, sex, health
goals, metabolism, and medical history. Understanding your
appropriate calorie level is only the beginning of knowing
your nutritional needs. Getting the appropriate amount of
vitamins, minerals, healthy fats, fiber, and proteins is
key to anyone’s success. Depending on your current
health and health goals, a good starting breakdown of nutrients
is ~50% calories from carbohydrates, 20-25% from protein,
and <30% from fat. These recommendations will change
for certain diseases, conditions, or other situations, such
as athletic training. Most Americans are not meeting their
nutritional needs. Review your current diet and see where
you can make improvements to help add life to your years.
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