What Kind of Fat Can You Eat? by Renee Kennedy

the American Heart Association, a heart healthy

diet can contain up to 30% of calories from fat, as long as

most of the fat is unsaturated. More on the heart-healthy

diet: http://www.nutricounter.com/articles/garrett3.htm

If you are diabetic, you want to lower the trans fatty acids and

raise the polyunsaturated fatty acids. Consider reducing the

amount of processed foods and increasing the amount of whole

foods you consume. More on the diabetic diet:

http://www.nutricounter.com/articles/garrett4.htm

If you are on a diet to lose weight, it's a good idea to lower

total fat in your diet. Losing weight comes down to

the calories in versus calories out and fat has more than

twice the amount of calories as other foods.

5. Types of Fat You Should Choose:

- Polyunsaturated fats are found in flax, corn, safflower, soybean,

sesame, and sunflower oils. (These nonhydrogenated fats are

liquid at room temperature.)

- Polyunsaturated fats found in fish.

- Monounsaturated fats found in olive oil and canola oil.

Read this article for more information on fat in animal meats:

http://www.nutricounter.com/articles/howard1.htm

6. Types of Fat You Should Try to Avoid:

- Any type of hydrogenated fat. This is man-made fat and

you will find it in snack foods, margarine, bakery products and

other processed foods.

- Man made fat substitutes like Olestra (you might find fat

substitutes in fat free snack foods). Even if scientific research

could solidly prove that fat substitutes weren't hazardous

to your health, these products just perpetrate bad eating habits.

- Animal fats including whole milk, butter, poultry skin, and fatty

cuts of meat.

Fat doesn't have to be a bad thing if you choose your

fat wisely! If you can choose whole foods over process foods,

you will be eating a much healthier diet. Also, for any type of

special diet, use your NutriCounter

(http://www.nutricounter.com) to help you

keep track of your total fat and saturated fat intake.

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