{"id":4120,"date":"2020-07-20T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T08:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/macros-matter-in-weight-loss\/"},"modified":"2021-01-15T19:47:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T11:47:07","slug":"macros-matter-in-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/macros-matter-in-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Macros matter in weight loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MACROS! Understanding macros can help you losing weight in a healthy way.<\/p><p>Let\u2019s look at some facts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>If you are looking to lose some serious weight, macro ratio could help.<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The higher ratio of protein will produce a satiating effect. The quicker you feel full, the less you will want to eat, the closer you will be to losing weight!<\/li><li>Low-carbs will enhance the breakdown of fat for energy and high-protein will preserve your lean body mass!<\/li><\/ol><p>Macros do matter if you want to lose that weight efficiently and effectively!<\/p><p>**Want to know more about macros diet? Head on over to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/blog\/\"> https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/blog\/<\/a> or come visit us in IRIS!<\/p><p>MACROS! Do I really need to count them? Can\u2019t I just eat less and lose weight? Let\u2019s look at some facts and research.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Losing weight<\/strong>&#13;\n&#8211; Yes, a calories deficit will make you lose weight. Consume less calories or spend them on exercising and you\u2019ll see yourself losing weight.<\/p><p><strong>Is losing that weight your only goal?\u00a0<\/strong>&#13;\n&#8211; You might be losing weight, but what\u2019s the weight you really want to lose? Fat or your lean body mass<strong>?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Counting macros\u00a0<\/strong>&#13;\n&#8211; <strong>Lower carbs vs higher carbs\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>A study carried out showed that the group that consumed a<strong> smaller percentage of carbohydrates <\/strong>was seen to have<strong> 4.4% less total fat mass<\/strong> when compared to the group consuming a<strong> higher percentage of carbohydrates.\u00a0<\/strong>&#13;\n&#13;\n&#8211; <strong>High-protein, High-fat, Low-carbs<\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>If you are looking to lose some serious weight, this macro ratio could help.\u00a0<\/li><li>The higher ratio of protein will produce a <strong>satiating effect<\/strong>. The <strong>quicker you feel full<\/strong>, the<strong> less you will want to eat<\/strong>, the closer you will be to losing weight!<\/li><li>Low-carbs will<strong> enhance the break down of fat<\/strong> for energy and high-protein will <strong>preserve your lean body mass!\u00a0<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>Keep in mind though, this method is good for people who are on the obese side however if you are an athlete, having an<strong> adequate amount of carbohydrates<\/strong> is <strong>crucial <\/strong>for your optimum performance.<\/p><p><strong>Macros do matter if you want to lose that weight efficiently and effectively!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4264021\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4264021\/<\/a><\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MACROS! Understanding macros can help you losing weight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1862],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-step-by-step"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabbie.templweb.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}