carb:protein:fat ratio 40:40:20

[JoshDunn]

I've been eating an average daily ratio of 40:40:20 carb, protein, fat.

Is the carb ratio too high for cutting? My body doesn't really like to go much lower but John Berardi recommends 40:30:30 p,c,f

I'm in a 500 calorie deficit on my maintance requirements so is that enough.

Thanks JOSH

[dos]

Josh, the problem with a general % prescription is that it doesn't take into account how many calories you are eating.

For example, someone like myself eats around 5,000 per day. If I were to follow the 40-40-40% prescription, I would be eating over 500grams of protein per day...this might even be seen as excessive with muscle and fitness subscribers. Most everything that's out there tells us that the MAX protein intake recommended is 2 grams/kg or around .9 grams / pound. %'s need to change based on how many calories you are taking and and how much you weigh etc. BTW, I weigh around 240 which puts my high-end protein intake at around 219 grams / day (which comes out to around 18% of my total calories). With an average fat intake of around 100gr. per day, my diet looks something like this:

Protein: 18%
Fat: 18%
CHO: 64%

These days this would be considered a high-carb, low-fat diet right? But when you take into account the sheer amount of protein and fat in my diet, this would be an incorrect statement.
BTW, If I'm going to eat excess calories, I not going to intake more protein, that's for sure.

If we go a step further, we really should be doing the formulas for lean body mass so if you have higher bodyfat %'s, the number you get is probably too high anyway.