I’ve been listening to podcasts and reading so much here about the recommendations of mainly US, Australia and the UK.
As a swede, we have a government body called “livsmedelsverket” which our dietary health system is based on. Since my girlfriend is a nurse and have to follow these “rules”, I wanted to know what the science says.
After some research I found that the recommendations are mostly based of a extensive meta study the gets updated from time to time, last 2012.
Since it’s extensive and interesting to read, I’d thought I share it with you.
Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2012 (english)
Spolier alert!
The recommended macros are:
Fat: 25 - 40 % (10-20 monounsaturated, 5-10 polyunsaturated, 10 saturated)
Protein: 10 - 15 % (~ 0,8 g/kg body weight)
Carbs: 45 - 60 % (20-45 glycaemic, 10 sugars, 10 fibers)
Also found this part, which I though was kinda funny considering I’ve been in ketosis for about six months now.
Only cells in the central nervous system, red blood cells, and some other cells dependent on anaerobic glycolysis have an absolute requirement for glucose. In the body, glucose can be synthesised from proteins and glycerol, and it has been assumed that there is no need for dietary carbohydrates
as long as adequate amounts of fat and of protein for de novo synthesis of glucose are consumed. With prolonged glucose deficit, brain cells can partially adapt by utilising fat-derived metabolites such as β -hydroxybutyric acid and acetoacetic acid. A very low carbohydrate diet (below 50 g/d), however, results in chronically increased production and increased plasma levels of these acids resulting in a condition known as ketosis. An intake of 50–100 g/d of glycaemic carbohydrates generally prevents ketosis.