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Speaking as someone who has done contest prep diets for bodybuilders and regular folk.... there is huge individual variation in metabolic rate, and the existing
by leshow 12y ago
Speaking as someone who has done contest prep diets for bodybuilders and regular folk.... there is huge individual variation in metabolic rate, and the existing calculators out there are all garbage at judging metabolic expenditure.
the only accurate way to determine your caloric maintenance would be to track your food intake while you remain weight stable, and then substitute that with an isocaloric amount of soylent.
They seem to gloss over this and blanket recommend 2000 cals per day
- frewsxcv 12y agoI think that all goes without saying. They aren't forcing their users to consume 2000 calories a day.
- adamwong246 12y agoIf you exercise, eat more. If you are sedentary, eat less. But more to your point, that's really a criticism of the FDA guidelines, which recommends 2000 calories a day.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> But more to your point, that's really a criticism of the FDA guidelines, which recommends 2000 calories a day. The FDA guidelines do not recommend any number of calories a day. The % DV is based on the recommended amounts for a 2,000 calorie diet, and there is a standard, required, footnote noting this and that actual DVs vary by calorie needs.
- frewsxcv 12y ago> The FDA guidelines do not recommend any number of calories a day. Soylent does not recommend any number of calories a day.
- leshow 12y agothey sure do, the standard 'dosage' is 2k cals per day and they have a calculator (that you have to dig for) if you figure your requirements differ from the 2k cals per day. Nevermind the fact that these types of calculators of woefully inaccurate.
- jack-r-abbit 12y agoEvery nutritional label I've seen that prints the RDA % is based on a 2000 cal/day diet. I think they're just following the norm here.