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Did I eat too much saturated fat today?

blopmiyers
blopmiyers Posts: 195 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I had about 20g of saturated fat today. About 10g coming from steak, 4-5 from a birthday cake and the remaining from almond butter and peanut butter. In total I've eaten 2250/calories today (which is my maintenance) I worry about saturated fat because of all the myths about it and how its bad for you.

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  • 12Sarah2015
    12Sarah2015 Posts: 1,117 Member
    Think about a weekly goal rather than daily
  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    20g? It's nothing. Stop worrying.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Like someone said upthread, if you think it's a myth, why are you worrying about it.

    I don't think it's a myth at all, but if you read the actual nutrition information going over the recommended limit on occasion isn't a big thing. What you eat on one day doesn't matter. If the MFP goals make you crazy, don't use them.
  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member
    12Sarah2015 wrote: »
    Think about a weekly goal rather than daily

    I wonder about this. I would think that if I ate a half a week's worth of sat fats on a certain day, for instance, and as a consequence plaque was deposited on my arteries, would eating a lower amount of sat fats than the allowable limit (the other half of the weekly total) over the other six days cause this deposited plaque to be re absorbed? I have this idea that once plaque is deposited it is difficult to remove. And that we are wise to avoid sat fat spikes because of this. Sorry, I have no studies at my fingertips to support this view.

  • kirstenb13
    kirstenb13 Posts: 181 Member
    edited June 2016
    goldthistime wrote: »
    I wonder about this. I would think that if I ate a half a week's worth of sat fats on a certain day, for instance, and as a consequence plaque was deposited on my arteries, would eating a lower amount of sat fats than the allowable limit (the other half of the weekly total) over the other six days cause this deposited plaque to be re absorbed? I have this idea that once plaque is deposited it is difficult to remove. And that we are wise to avoid sat fat spikes because of this. Sorry, I have no studies at my fingertips to support this view.

    That's not how any of this works. I takes years and years for things like that to build up in your body, a day or a week of overeating fats make no difference.

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