What is the ratio for protein, carb, fat? I'm seeing things from 40:40:20 to 60:20:20 to 40:20:40.
Ratio differs on goals. So the math comes into play when you already figure where you want to head.

Is it based on kcal or gram of each of the component in the food?
Calories are king.

Would the ratio change for different stages of BB e.g. losing weight, bulking, maintenance?
Usually your body adapts to a diet change in approximately 1 week. As much as I never liked keto diets, their adaption period makes alot of sense. Search the Anabolic Diet.

How often do you change your ratios? Weekly, monthly, quarterly, half yearly?
Refer to answer 1

What triggers you to adjust your protein, carb, fat intake? Visual inspection of muscle or body fat count?
Mirror is the best ever result consultant. Body fat is equal.

Is the ratio based on what is consumed in total per day or per every meal?
Like I said, calories are king. However, never neglect the importance of quality calories. Drinking a jug of coke per meal will never help.

Do you consider taking low GI food or a mix of low GI + med GI food?
Balance is key here. Simple carbs have a fast rate of digestion. Post/Pre workout Drop by Pubmed to read journals they made on triggering the insulin.

I've seen some food plans from ppl in the Members Journal forum. Does anyone of you go for blood tests to check if your liver functions checks out alrite i.e. within the normal range specified in the report?
Some say its a myth. No harm checking. Yes, most of the dietician are lab junkies. If you happen to drop by a good one, by all means go ahead. Genetics don't count.

This post has been edited by shanecross: Apr 10 2009, 08:02 PM

Well, I never knew any part of my reply which is funny.





Post workout

But still these are journals, they are studies made by people ATW. It may differ.

This post has been edited by shanecross: Apr 12 2009, 05:48 PM

Lets not start this flaming kiddo hoo-haa once again.

Like I mentioned in my earlier post, calories are king. You eat 5000 calories a day, you don't expect to loose weight. Simple.

However, strength athletes or anything related to functional aren't really particular because for the fact that aesthetics isn't the main concern. But when I say aren't really particular, they do watch what they eat to a certain extend, you still need to get decent substance in eg; PRO,CR, & FAT.

My point is this, if you are a bodybuilder, go to fitday.com or any similar sites and fill in the food journal to track your macros, heck even i do that once in a while and i'm no bodybuilder.

So, if you are a functional athlete or oly lifter or pl'er , you aren't supposed to track macros and only watch calories. Maybe. Dave Tate was chugging down mcdonalds for jesus knows how long and he is lifting more than any of us here. But when he realized he was putting on too much fat, he decided to watch what he eats. When I say watch it includes macros and calories.

It's a matter of preference and lets not make it like something you read out of a bible, heck even we don't practice most of what we read in the bible. So what?

Lol, dogfight.