Polyunsaturated and Mono fats

rachelbl72

Hi I'm new to this and was wondering what would be good nutrition goals for polyunsaturated and mono fats as they are set at 0 my nutrition chart always shows them in the red.
I'm trying to loose weight from 9 stone 3 to 8 stone 3 and have managed to loose 4 1b in 3 weeks so far.

Thanks in advance

Rachel

LKArgh

Whatever your total fat goal is. There is no reason to restrict these further.

Jokersurv

http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/recommended-amount-unsaturated-fat-per-day-6385.html

There is no daily recommended value but you should try for these over saturated

rachelbl72

Ab right I get you now. So basically I need to eat more of the poly and mono and less of the saturated. Also I need to drop my body percentage of fat it's currently at 33% but should be about 25, so I'm guessing more poly and mono and less saturated will get me there quicker ?

mikestobbs1

Just eat fats like olive oil, coconut oil etc and you will be good to go.
As with everything, the less processed the better.

rachelbl72

Thanks for your help.
I use Tiana Virgin coconut oil and scan the barcode and it comes up that 10 g is made up of over 9 g of saturated fat. Is that right do u think cos I thought it was supposed to be a healthy fat. Please excuse my ignorance I'm a newbie at calorie counting and nutritional stuff.

5ft9andgettingtrim

It has been my understanding that saturated fats from a plant source is healthier than saturated fats from a meat source.

lemurcat12

rachelbl72 wrote: »

Ab right I get you now. So basically I need to eat more of the poly and mono and less of the saturated. Also I need to drop my body percentage of fat it's currently at 33% but should be about 25, so I'm guessing more poly and mono and less saturated will get me there quicker ?

Doesn't make any difference to this. The advice to sub mono and polyunsaturated for some saturated (or to keep saturated below a particular level -- no need to avoid it) is about nutrition/health effects, and some currently challenge even that. (I tend to try to follow it, since it's good to include a lot of the sources of mono and polyunsaturated fats in your diet anyway.)

The 0 goal is just an MFP glitch -- it's supposed to say N/A, with the only limit related to your total fat goal (and so long as you stick to calories it's okay to go over that too).

rachelbl72

So am I getting it right in saying my goal for fat a day is 40g in total including mono poly and saturated altogether.

lemurcat12

Fat goals vary depending on calories (or what people choose), but if that's your fat goal, then yes.