Be Savvy About Saturated Fat
Categories: Nutrition & Supplements
How's this for alarming stats -- an astounding 80 percent of us are eating more than the recommended daily intake (RDI) of saturated fats every day. That's pretty shocking -- I expected the number to be high but not that high. Considering February is heart health month, I think it's time to face the facts about our saturated fat intake. For the record, the RDI of sat-fat is 20 g per day. Keeping that in mind, consider this:- One croissant has 20 g of saturated fat
- Eight ounces of cashew nuts has 30 g. So does one-third of a roast chicken.
- If a food has 5 g of sat-fat in a serving, avoid it.
- Soft cheese has less sat-fat than hard cheese.
Want to know the sat-fat content of some of your favourite foods? Here's a pretty thorough list, and click here for more facts and myths on sat-fat.
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u262f 2-24-2009 @ 12:26AM
It's difficult to take an article seriously when it starts by complaining that 8 oz of cashews has more than the daily recommended allowance of saturated fats but then goes on to imply that we should swap to eating more cashews by putting cashews in the "monounsaturated fats" category at the bottom.
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Manmeet 2-24-2009 @ 1:56AM
This is a very useful article and site, i have bookmarked
it, please keep posting.
also read Top 5 junk foods which causes heart disease and cancer...
http://heartsafetytips.blogspot.com
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CoconutOilGuy 2-26-2009 @ 1:38AM
Hello Martha! Few people know that there is more than one type of saturated fat.
Coconut oil is 92% saturated but predominantly medium chain fatty acids (MCFA). Almost all other fats/oils (saturated or unsaturated, plant- or animal-based) are mostly, if not entirely, long chain fatty acids (LCFA).
MCFAs are quickly digested by your body. MCFA-rich coconut oil goes straight to your liver to power metabolism, which simply can't be said of LCFA-rich oils. MCFAs are so different from LCFAs. Their absorption, transport, metabolism and uses are completely different.
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) includes coconut oil on its exclusive (GRAS) Generally Regarded As Safe list. Just my two cents.
Cheers,
CoconutOilGuy
http://www.coconut-oil-central.com
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