Group: Specific Diets & Nutrition

Specific Diets & Nutrition
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 104, Messages: 22775

With so many diets and nutritional plans out there, you can get lost. Find out what works best for others and share your experiences!

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Problem With Nutritional Program

Elros
Elros
Posts: 1
Joined: 2002/10/19
Malaysia
2002/10/19, 11:01 PM
I'm a ectomorph so i need a lot of food to help gain weight. My nutritional program tells me to eat 165g of protein, 385 carbo's, 76g of fat & 2750 calories a day.

Now, the problem is, I am an Asian & I have a problem with trying to gauge what I am eating as my diet varies everyday - except for my staple food - rice.
mackfactor
mackfactor
Posts: 766
Joined: 2002/10/17
United States
2002/10/21, 06:09 PM
How much do you weigh?
As far as rice - it's actually very good for ectos. Rice is very calorie dense and though white rice has a higher glycemic index (opt for brown or wild rice whenever you can), rice stimulates a smaller insulin surge than it's GI might indicate (as followed by the more and more prevalent 'insulin index'). You can use the calorie counter on this site to track your food or go to fitday.com where they've got tons of foods in their database.