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minus-squarecm0002@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down14·1 year ago10% of calories per week, if you average 5% daily, you actually exceed the new rule at ~25%/week (5 day week)
minus-squareDe_Narm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agoThat’s not how percentages work. If I eat 5g sugar and 95g of something else each day, just for easy math, it comes out at 25g sugar vs 475g other stuff. That’s 5% daily and still 5% within 5 days.
10% of calories per week, if you average 5% daily, you actually exceed the new rule at ~25%/week (5 day week)
That’s not how percentages work.
If I eat 5g sugar and 95g of something else each day, just for easy math, it comes out at 25g sugar vs 475g other stuff. That’s 5% daily and still 5% within 5 days.