FATS

Kiandra777

I have a question, I wonder if someone could help me. I'm working on losing weight. Why does the app recommend we get a certain Amount of saturated fats per day and 0 grams of poly and monounsaturated fats? I thought those fats were good fats and saturated fats were bad. Please help a sista out.

Christine_72

Because there's no RDA for the poly and mono fats. This is the simple explanation, not sure of the why's.

CyberTone

Although the individual goals of Poly Fat and Mono Fat are undefined and should be labeled as not applicable (N/A), the sum of the goals of Poly Fat and Mono Fat is defined and equals the goal of Total Fat minus the goal of Saturated Fat, given the goal of Trans Fat is zero.

Goal (Poly + Mono + Trans + Saturated) = Goal (Total Fat)
...rearranging...
Goal (Poly + Mono) = Goal (Total Fat - Saturated - Trans)
...since Goal (Trans) = 0
Goal (Poly + Mono) = Goal (Total Fat - Saturated)

Just plug your daily goals for Total Fat and Saturated into the above equation to find your daily goal of Poly Fat plus Mono Fat.

Please see this post for additional information on the reporting of the issue with MFP incorrectly changing the goals of Poly Fat and Mono Fat from N/A to zero (0). This issue seems to be fixed on the iOS app, but it still is an issue on the Web version and the Android app.

community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10163604/poly-monounsaturated-fats#latest

lemurcat12

So long as it's clear that that would be a positive goal -- try to get there or go over. (And even then it doesn't matter much if you are under on fats and therefore on both sat and mono/poly.)

I think people overthink these things sometimes and drive themselves crazy.

Kiandra777

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR RESPONSES

Kiandra777

THEY WERE HELPFUL