Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat

jimangerole

I am really confused about polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats. I thought those were "good" fats and helped lower bad cholesterol yet my nutrition on Fitness Pal says my goal is not to have any in my diet. Help appreciated. Thanks.

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

@Alex @Nova
This is still an ongoing issue on the Android and Web versions. Is MFP ever going to fix this? If MFP has no intentions of correcting this, just let me know and I will stop bugging you.

jimangerole

Thanks for your reply! I will see what I can do to change it.