Comments on: How Much Fat To Eat On The MANS Diet https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/ free workouts to build muscle & lose fat fast Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:52:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Raschid https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71137 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:52:46 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71137 Thanks Mark, I’m one of those who asked this before.
On the average, I eat butter by the spoonfuls (6-10/day) and drink whipping/double/heavy creme (100-200mL/day).

Does it matter where the fat sources come from? I hope not, since, heavy creme is the easiest/quickest meal I’ve ever had. Great for quick snacks and quick breakfasts. Thanks for your work! 🙂

]]> By: Robert T. https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71134 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:13:56 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71134 I truly believe MANS is the best diet in the world. My net carbs are at 35g, protein is at 155g (just 2 grams higher then my exact requirement), and fat is at 271g. I have a physical job so this is what I need on work plus exercise days. My diet contains beef, chicken, eggs, cottage cheese, almonds, heavy cream, olive oil and more. You can use a digital scale and do some simple math.
Mark, thank you for everything that you do. It’s all perfect. My question is on polyunsaturated fats, apparently high amounts can lower testosterone. However, my thought on this is that MANS testosterone boosting effects would negate the effects polyunsaturated fats would normal have on testosterone . Is this correct?

]]> By: Aryz https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71132 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:45:41 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71132 Quick question Mark since we are on the subject of health. Why is it that the carb up period is not detrimental to health? You said yourself the body sees the carb up period as a time of stress in one of your articles. Is it just not frequent enoughto do any damage?

]]> By: Andreas https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71131 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:08:34 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71131 Having low carbed most of my muscle hack days I can definitely say, that if anyone is worried about the fat in this diet, just relax. Health problems comes down to the carb intake, not the fat. I wrote a small article on MANS for the musclehacker.com blog a year or so ago.

]]> By: michael https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71129 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:39:09 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71129 Sorry Mark I just read the articles and take back what i said, it’s quite clever with the way the diet optimizes the use of our hormones and i think i might give it a go for a couple of months, i’m just a little unsure on the MANS diet on how to keep to 30 grams of carbs for the first week when surely the small amount of carbohydrates in the low carb meals will rack up throughout the day? so it must be hard to be precise about things 🙁

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71124 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:25:15 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71124 @John. No, height doesn’t need to be taken into account directly. It’s the person’s overall lean body mass that counts (height of course plays a role in that).
RMR = 370 + (21.6 x lean weight in kg)
@michael. I suggest you read the articles I referenced. For a start, fat was the main energy source for our ancestors. There’s plenty of studies showing better improvements in health markers with a high fat/low carb diet than a high carb diet.

]]> By: John https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71119 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 06:55:26 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71119 Mark, shouldn’t you use height also into consideration when calculating the daily caloric requirement? How are you calculating BMR and TDEE?

]]> By: michael https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71117 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:32:31 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71117 the mans or anabolic type diets don’t seem very natural at all, surely the whole point of fat or stored calories is as a back up? and surely it’s better on your health consuming mainly carbohydrates rather than putting your body through some sort of shift where it needs to change to fats as it’s primary energy source.

]]> By: siya https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71115 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:41:03 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71115 Love ur work Mark.. Thankx a lot for this , much needed

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71114 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:26:08 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71114 @Jim. I ate over 200g of fat every day for years on MANS. Read the articles I posted above, there is no concern about heart disease. Most people in the know, now realize that it’s the carbohydrate in the diet that causes these problems. If you’re still not comfortable with it, don’t do it.
@Mark. No, that’s when your levels would be highest actually.

]]> By: Mark https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71113 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:43:34 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71113 Hey Mark, got a quick question, it’s obvious that this anabolic diet (cyclical ketogenic) works, however, doesn’t your testosterone levels lower though, during the 5 days of eating less than 30-40 grams of carbs a day? Is this true.

]]> By: jim https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71112 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:33:31 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71112 Well, I weigh 255 @ 33% body fat, giving me 77.7kg lean mass.

that leads to the following

total cal: ~3000
carb: 30g (120 cal)
protein: 213.5g (854.25 cal)
leaving 2025.75 cal to come from fat (225g, or half a pound/day)

So, I am eating as much fat as protein, and 2/3 of my calories are coming from fat. At some point, my concern shifts from getting fat to dying from heart disease or a blocked artery.

It is hard to find sources of fat that aren’t also sources of carbs. And I have to eat 7.5 times as much fat as carbs. I like mayonnaise, but I’m not going to eat it by the spoonful. A cup of milk has about 13 g of carbs, and not nearly that many grams of fat, so I’m not going to get much mileage out of that. With egg yolks, I get about 5 g of fat and only 1 g of carbs, so that is getting me closer. But when I eat red meat, I just don’t like the fat. I mean, I know that is what makes the meat taste good, and I’m not totally averse, but a big old slab of beef fat just doesn’t appeal to me.

So, am I really doing myself a disservice if I increase my protein while keeping my carbs under 30 g and making sure I get enough total calories?

]]> By: Mark McManus https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71111 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:05:09 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71111 @Jim. How high was it? The low carb portion of MANS is a high-fat diet. Enjoy your full fat milk, full fat mayo, cheese, nuts, cream, eggs with the yolks, red meat etc. 😀

]]> By: jim https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71110 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:06:48 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71110 I did this, and came up with a horrendously high amount of fat. Unless I start drinking 2 quarts of oil per day, I don’t see how I can manage it.

So, my question is this: is the protien value an UPPER limit, or can I increase my protien intake to get to the total calorie requirement and avoid drinking oil ?

]]> By: Aryz https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71108 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:15:45 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71108 Thanks for all the useful info you provide year round Mark! I have been visiting your website since the beginning of 2010 when I started lifting at 17.

I figured you had a body I’d like to have and were clearly not a user.

Anyway I wanted to let you know I really appreciate all the work you have done over the years. I will continue to spread the word about musclehack, I think it deserves more attention than it gets.

After all, your knowledge is the reason I can efficiently bulk while being sub 10% bodyfat constantly 😉

]]> By: David Moxon https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71107 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:58:58 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71107 INFORMATION VERY INFORMATIVE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

THANKS ALOT

]]> By: Kevin https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71106 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:55:18 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71106 Got it loud and clear Mark 🙂

]]> By: Kyle https://musclehack.com/how-much-fat-to-eat-on-the-mans-diet/#comment-71105 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 10:54:14 +0000 https://musclehack.com/?p=6943#comment-71105 Can’t believe I don’t know about the calorie and protein calculator until now! downloaded. Thanks Mark!

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