Macronutrient Ratios Quotes

Nutrition is 150 per cent of the bodybuilding formula. It's that important.

When I'm training for 'True Blood,' I don't eat any sugar except for some fruit here and there. So it's no sugar, no bread, no real carbs all day.

I always ate healthy, but it wasn't scientific. Now it's a high-protein diet and no carbohydrates. I have more consistent energy, and I don't get tired after a meal. It does take a very detailed meal plan.

I basically follow a modified Zone Diet. I have my food prepared weekly and eat 6 times a day.

I try to always eat a balanced diet. I never try to change it too much.

The idea behind diet confusion is, you have to keep your body off-kilter. So by changing the type of foods that you eat, the frequency of the foods that you eat, you can keep your metabolism revved up.

I probably eat about 300-350g of carbs a day. About 160g of protein, about 60-80g of fat, which I think is about 2,500-3,000 calories.

I've always eaten well and have a balanced diet.

My aim is sustainable fat loss and so I've opted for carb cycling.

I don't combine proteins and carbohydrates.

The only secret to food combination is a balance of protein, carbs and fat - they all play a key role in our health.

I really didn't know how to eat until I studied nutrition in my second year of college.

I don't avoid carbs. I don't avoid protein. I think it's just, again, about balance and finding what works for you and your body. For me, having a higher protein, higher carbohydrate, and middle-of-the-road fat count usually gets the job done as far as my energy needs and for my physique.

I eat a lot more now than I ever used to. I have taken a real interest in nutrition and believe in the difference that makes when fueling your body correctly. That means never skipping a meal and making sure that my diet supports my training needs.

An athlete's diet is a complicated thing.

As a professional athlete you have to be technical with what you eat. You have to make sure your intakes are on point every day.

It's not the fat that's making you fat: it's not understanding separating carbohydrates from protein and fat.

Good nutrition must be at the core of all that you do training and health wise.

There is this overlying principle of a two-to-one carb-to-protein ratio, so that is first and foremost. I try and retain that throughout the whole day with everything I eat and drink.

You can dramatically affect the expression of your metabolism and your biochemistry by the way you eat and the way you live.

Eating right is key. Every athlete is going to train hard and lift hard and all that, so what you eat can be the difference when you want to separate yourself. As an athlete, it's really important to put healthy foods in your body.

An athlete needs to maintain a proper diet.

I started reading and talking and interviewing nutritionists and a thread was starting to form for me which is - a protein digests in a different rate of speed than a carbohydrate.

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat.

I'm naturally a muscular gal with some curves, so eating a Mediterranean diet makes my body happy.