The United States was able to play a secondary, but significant, role in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion because of the large number of American ships and troops deployed in the Philippines as a result of the U.S. conquest of the islands during the Spanish American War (1898) and the subsequent Philippine-American War.
When you're on a low-calorie diet, you usually get between 800 and 1,500 calories a day. For some people, an alternative for short-term weight loss is a very low-calorie diet. Many very low-calorie diets are commercially-made formulas of 800 calories or fewer that replace all the food you usually eat.
There is a lot of controversy about the optimum number of carbohydrates. There is certainly evidence now that low-carb diets will help with weight loss, but most folks can't sustain that lifestyle for very long. In general, looking to get about 50 - 55% of calories from carbs is a realistic goal for most folks. The math is pretty easy because a gram of carbs contains 4 calories. So for a 1,600 calorie diet that would be about 220 grams per day. (1600 x 0.55) / 4 = 220.