How Much Fat Should You Eat?
Although there is some controversy over the subject, the most liberal allowance I have read for fat is 30% of your daily calories in fats of all kinds.
That doesn't mean you can pig out on meat, chicken, ice cream, cheese and dairy products, however.
Because every recommendation I have read in the last year states: Only 10% or less of your calories should be in saturated or hydrogenated fats. And many authorities, such as Dean Ornish, M.D.,recommend no saturated fats. In fact,I have repeatedly read that you don't need ANY saturated or hydrogenated fat in our diets.
That's it: 0 grams, 0% of fat needs to come from saturated or hydrogenated fat for a healthy diet. We need polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats in our diets. These fats comes from plants. We do not need any saturated fats from animals or any of the food industry's artificially created hydrogenated fats.
Back to the math: If you eat 1800 calories a day, that is 180 calories per day or 20 fat grams or less of saturated or hydrogenated fats.
Although there is some controversy over the subject, the most liberal allowance I have read for fat is 30% of your daily calories in fats of all kinds.
That doesn't mean you can pig out on meat, chicken, ice cream, cheese and dairy products, however.
Because every recommendation I have read in the last year states: Only 10% or less of your calories should be in saturated or hydrogenated fats. And many authorities, such as Dean Ornish, M.D.,recommend no saturated fats. In fact,I have repeatedly read that you don't need ANY saturated or hydrogenated fat in our diets.
That's it: 0 grams, 0% of fat needs to come from saturated or hydrogenated fat for a healthy diet. We need polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats in our diets. These fats comes from plants. We do not need any saturated fats from animals or any of the food industry's artificially created hydrogenated fats.
Back to the math: If you eat 1800 calories a day, that is 180 calories per day or 20 fat grams or less of saturated or hydrogenated fats.
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