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Mel
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> I'm a bit confused about the definition of 'low-calorie', 'low-carb', and
> 'low-fat'. Thanks.
I do not think that there is a body of experts who agreed on just how
much fat or carbs constitutes a "low fat" or "low carb" diet.
Our government suggests that we eat under 30% of calories from fat,
so, it is not unreasonable to use that as a definition of low fat.
As for low carb, there is no cutoff amount, but then, it would depend
on the person anyway. I would consider anything below 20% of calories
carbs, to be low carb.
Low calorie simply means eating fewer calories than required to
maintain weight.

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avid - 25 Mar 2005 17:00 GMT
That's helpful, thanks ig!
Mel
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> > I'm a bit confused about the definition of 'low-calorie', 'low-carb', and
> > 'low-fat'. Thanks.
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> Low calorie simply means eating fewer calories than required to
> maintain weight.