| If you're "fat" and don't eat low fat food in public, do | | | | might be in your best interests to choose something |
| you get comments from others? Eating fat has | | | | else to eat. Around 50 - 60 grams of fat or 25 - 30% |
| become such an emotive thing to the point that when | | | | of your total daily caloric intake should be coming from |
| an overweight person eats a burger in public, fingers | | | | fat. The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans states |
| are pointed and heads are shaken.Fat is not bad for | | | | that 20 - 35% of your calories should come from fat. |
| you. That's right. I said it. Low fat is not the ultimate | | | | They also state that the fats that you do eat need to |
| healthy food. If you can eat it in moderation, fat is not | | | | be coming from poly or monounsaturated sources |
| bad for you. In fact, fat plays an important role in the | | | | such as fish.So by looking at the nutrition panel each |
| optimum functioning of your body. It cushion the body's | | | | time when you purchase food, you can eat low fat |
| major organs and transports vitamins A, D, E & K | | | | food and cut your fat intake to around 25 - 30% of |
| around your body.[1] Your body definitely needs fat.The | | | | your total intake while choosing to eat unsaturated fats |
| problem with fat is that fat also delivers over twice the | | | | from sources such as fish, nuts and vegetable oils |
| kilojoules that protein or carbohydrates can per gram. | | | | such as olive oil. Sources:[1] Saxelby, C (2002) Nutrition |
| So the idea with fat, is to eat it in moderation. Eating | | | | For Life Hardie Grant Books P. 18.Date Written: 13th |
| healthily to lose weight can often mean that you have | | | | February 2006.My name is Jenny Mathers, I certainly |
| to eat low fat food in order to cut your calories, but it | | | | hope that you've enjoyed this article about low fat |
| doesn't mean removing fat altogether from your | | | | food. Now go to part 2 of this article, where I give a |
| diet.So exactly how do you moderate your fat intake | | | | mild fish curry recipe which contains only 3.61 grams of |
| to healthy levels. Well, one way that you can do this is | | | | fat! I strive to research and write about the most |
| to look at the nutritional value of the meals you're | | | | reputable nutrition, weight loss and health information |
| eating. Even fast food restaurants these days are | | | | possible. You can also see my site Savvy Fat Burning |
| publishing the nutrition panels on their wrappers. So | | | | Foods here, where I strive to encourage all those |
| have a look, it's free.If the nutrition panel states that the | | | | wishing to lose weight to seek individual advice from a |
| food contains more than 50 - 60 grams of fat, then it | | | | dietitian, doctor or health care professional. |