Ideal balanced diet broken out by grams of protein, carbs, fiber, etc?

[GMcDonnell]

Hi all,

I'm looking for information on the "ideal diet" (nutritionally speaking) for a healthy, reasonably active average male.

I'm not talking about "servings" of this or that - I'm interested in the core information such as how many grams of protein, carbs, fiber, fat that one should eat per day.

Thanks in advance for any useful links or other info anyone can provide.

[live4fitness]

What I recommend to people is google BMR and then TDEE this will tell you the caloreis at rest and the calories when active. Then you divide them up, protien 35%, carbs 50% and fats 15%.  1 gram of fat= 9 calories, 1 gram of protien =4 calories, and 1 gram carbs = 4 caloreis.

I hope this helps.

[barn babe]

Try a high-fat moderate-protein diet - mine is about 75% fat, 25% protein. Yeah, zero carbs. Or as close to 0 as you can get.  Generally, zero carb refers to an intake of less than 5 grams of carbs per day.  For example, one egg has a gram of carb, so that's negligible. Eggs are practically a perfect food from a fat standpoint (almost 100% saturated).  

If you are looking to lose weight, you need to cut way back on carbs. Go as low as you can go.  If you are looking for athletic performance, like running, swimming, and long distance cycling, fat adaptation works better than draining your glucose stores then hitting the wall, which is what happens if you high-carb it. Once you are fat-adapted, you won't believe the energy you have. Weight maintenance is a cinch as well.

Carbs wreak havoc on insulin levels. It's the reason we've got an epidemic of diabetes in this country.  Forget about high intakes. Anything over about 50 grams a day is definitely not healthy.

Following anything put out by the "Food Pyramid" people or the USDA is just asking for trouble.