fat and dextrose

[Reven]

I have been meaning to ask this for awhile now but just have never gotten around to it. According to fitday my fat intake is really high, 40% lots of times. I usually try and keep it around 30% when I am keeping track of what I am eating but just wanted to know if there is any negative effect of having such a high intake? The different types of fats I eat are still relatively balanced, usually with sat. and mono. being the same but slightly higher then poly. by a few %. Currently I am bulking with an intake of around 40/30/30.

I also wanted to know how does everyone measure their dextrose, the women at the store I buy it has told me 1 tbs. is 20 grams but after reading a thread on the avant labs forum I think she is way off. I believe they came up with a tbs. being around 11 grams of dextrose, I'm not sure this is just from memory. Looks like I may have to buy a scale (probably a good investment anyways), or maybe go look for that thread. Unless if any of you know different? I also suppose it would matter on the dextrose as one powder maybe finer then another.

Steve

 

[imported_elveneyes]

What's the dextrose for that you need to measure so carefully? Creatine?

 

[Aaron_F]

Quote[/b] (Reven @ Mar. 28 2003,11:14)]I usually try and keep it around 30% when I am keeping track of what I am eating but just wanted to know if there is any negative effect of having such a high intake? The different types of fats I eat are still relatively balanced, usually with sat. and mono. being the same but slightly higher then poly. by a few %.

Sounds okay, as long as you cardiovascular risk factors are okay, then there aint much wrong with it (eating your veggies I hope )

Quote[/b] ]I also wanted to know how does everyone measure their dextrose, the women at the store I buy it has told me 1 tbs. is 20 grams but after reading a thread on the avant labs forum I think she is way off.

As i am too lazy to do much, on fitday I usually used powdered sugar as the estimate.
In terms of dextrose itself, its a pain to find a decent density measure (and it would change as hydration of hte powder changes.) USDA database also only has powdered sugar.

 

[micmic]

Buy a digital scale

1 level tsp = approximately 4gr
1 round tsp = approximately 7gr
1 heaping tsp = approximately 11gr

1 level tbsp = approximately 9gr
1 round tbsp = approximately 20gr
1 heaping tbsp = approximately 30gr

There are different sizes of tablespoons, others are twice the size of a teaspoon, others are 3 times bigger.

Buy a digital scale

Buy anhydrous dextrose from a drugstore, it's much cheaper and usually of pharmaceutical quality. Many dextrose packages from supplement companies don't even mention whether it is anhydrous or monohydrate.

I won't matter much, though