Olive Oil?

[mbrooke5]

Hello all...it's been months since I've been on the board, proably a year! Well I have a question about fats. I eat good about 95% of the time. Physically I feel and look great but I have been reading too much info on nutrition since I have gone back to school. Anyway I eat a 40/40/20 diet but I don't include the oilve oil I use in cooking (in my journal). Now I am not competing yet but would it make a difference if I actually added those calories to my journal? I would still only be at about 1800-1900 kcal. Anyway just wondering of any personal experiences or advice, something to settle my brain from all the READING!!!

Mel

 

[macrophage69alpha]

Hello all...it's been months since I've been on the board, proably a year! Well I have a question about fats. I eat good about 95% of the time. Physically I feel and look great but I have been reading too much info on nutrition since I have gone back to school. Anyway I eat a 40/40/20 diet but I don't include the oilve oil I use in cooking (in my journal). Now I am not competing yet but would it make a difference if I actually added those calories to my journal? I would still only be at about 1800-1900 kcal. Anyway just wondering of any personal experiences or advice, something to settle my brain from all the READING!!!

Mel

yes-
calories in are calories in. if you use oils in cooking, at least part of the amount used is absorbed into the food.

note- as important as, if not more important than, ratios of macronutrients are the actual constituents... ie trans fats are awful, omega-3 fats are benficial to fat loss. Saturated fat have their place, but in small amounts. etc.etc...