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Fat intake is important to
the well being of your body.
Our calorie counter lists, as well as calories,
the fat content of food.
The World Health Orgnisation amongst others recommends
that we should try and limit fat intake to around
30% of the calories we consume. The following table
shows what this means in terms of fat intake for
calorie intake.
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| Your
daily calorie intake |
Maximum
healthy fat intake (grams) |
| 1,250 |
40 |
| 1,500 |
50 |
| 1,750 |
60 |
| 2,000 |
70 |
| 2,250 |
80 |
| 2,500 |
90 |
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Unsaturated
fats are healthier than saturated fats.
Unsaturated fats include such items as vegetables
oils, nuts and oily fish.
Saturated fats are found in meat, poultry
and full fat dairy products. Processed and fast
foods also contain saturated fats as can many bakery
products, ice cream and palm and coconut oil.
Saturated fats cause the body to produce more cholesterol
which raises blood cholesterol levels In actual
fact, the amount of cholesterol found in foods is
not as important as the amount of saturated fat
found. Saturated fat stimulates the production of
LDL cholesterol which is the one we should be concerned
about. LDL cholesterol increases blood cholesterol
levels and with it the risk of heart disease. Please
remember, saturated fat raises cholesterol and LDL
cholesterol levels more than dietary cholesterol
does. |
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