This is largely for the high carb guys.
The example:
- pretend you have 220lb of lean mass and eat 4500 calories to maintain your weight.
-You aim to get 1g protein per pound of lean mass.. that’s only 880 calories.
- Let’s say half your lean mass in fats, 110g 990~ calories.
- That leaves 2630 calories for your carbs or 656g~
Now the debate:
- Assume you eat 400g(dry) of jasmine rice.. that has roughly 27g of protein from rice and only meets half your carb goal.
- You could even be fancy and cook it in bone broth as many people do which adds another 16-20g of protein… from collagen.
So while attempting to eat enough carbs you can secondarily consume >25% of your protein requirement from crappy incomplete sources easily. Do you factor this in?
A calorie is a calorie so everything must be accounted for weight management.
Obviously compete protein sources with strong amino acid profiles will be better utilized, so do you adhere to only tracking those toward your daily goal, or do you account for all protein?