Whats the Secret about Dietary Fat?
We know too much or too little fat intake is not a healthy option. So, how much of which fats is the right amount for a healthy diet? Here are some tips: • Don’t eliminate all fats. Your body needs essential fats for important functions. • Balance out total fat intake to a maximum contribution of 30% daily calorie intake. Not every single food or meal has to be low fat, but your diet should be (See your fat gram prescription). If a fried seafood dinner gobbled up your fat allotment for the day, balance that out over the next few days by doing things like skipping the cream cheese on your bagel or that afternoon bag of chips. • Eat less saturated fat. High saturated fat intake can lead to elevated blood cholesterol. If you need to trim fat to meet the thirty-percent rule, whittle away at saturated fat intake. Saturated fats are hard at room temperature and mostly of animal origin. Fatty cuts of beef and pork plus whole milk dairy products are examples. Tropical oils, like palm & coconut
