Our third installment of the macronutrient series is about Carbohydrates. Last month, I wrote about fat, and how important it is to vitamin absorption, hormone production and simply our experience with food. Fat promotes satiety (i.e. feelings of fullness) and adds flavor and texture to foods—don’t go fat-free!
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The Skinny on Fat
Last month, I wrote about protein and how it’s likely you’re not getting enough. Aim for at least 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram bodyweight for maximum muscle retention and/or growth.
However, between writing that column and now, I began listening to another Huberman Lab podcast, in which some common myths about protein were dispelled. Huberman and his guest, nutrition and fitness expert Dr. Alan Aragon, discussed the timing of protein intake relative to strength training sessions, as well as the maximum amount of protein that can be digested at a given time.
I won’t go into the details here, but the short story is that protein intake and timing is much more flexible than once thought. I encourage anyone interested in building muscle and losing fat (aren’t all of us?) give that episode (“How to Lose Fat & Build Muscle, July 7, 2025) a listen.
Now, onto a new topic: fat.
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My brain is hurting after a very busy spring, so I thought I’d take a ‘back to basics’ approach to the summer columns, with a series on macronutrients. The three macronutrients include carbohydrates, protein and fat, and there is a lot of confusion out there about how much of each to eat. In fact, there are a lot of swirling opinions on when and how to eat them too, but for now we’ll try to stay focused on the basics.
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