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If saturated fat is NOT so bad...

rgrin
rgrin Posts: 67 Member
edited January 27 in Food and Nutrition
... and may, in fact, be good and necessary for proper function of your body, how much should one be getting? The (anti-fat) USDA says it should account for only 7% of our overall calories. I've been been able to keep mine down to about 11%, but I could easily do more. Any scientifically-backed info on daily intake amounts?

Here is a long, but fascinating video called "Enjoy Eating Saturated Fats: They're Good for You."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRe9z32NZHY&feature=youtu.be

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  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    LOL@ the USDA. I aim for 70% of my diet to be from fat, and as much of that as possible from saturated fat.
  • emc916
    emc916 Posts: 77
    LOL@ the USDA. I aim for 70% of my diet to be from fat, and as much of that as possible from saturated fat.

    Agreed. Not up to 70% of my diet yet, but I do love dropping some grass fed butter in my tea! lol.
  • JaceyMarieS
    JaceyMarieS Posts: 692 Member
    LOL@ the USDA. I aim for 70% of my diet to be from fat, and as much of that as possible from saturated fat.

    Yep! Can't say that i aim for as much as possible from saturated, but I do like at least a 50/50 split of MUFA and saturated. I definitely try to absolutely avoid TF and PUFA
  • grantdumas7
    grantdumas7 Posts: 802 Member
    In a perfect world you get 33% from polyunsaturated, 33% from monounsaturated and 33% from saturated.
  • GetSoda
    GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
    I know I have enough sat fat when my P floats on top the water.
  • Defren
    Defren Posts: 216 Member
    LOL@ the USDA. I aim for 70% of my diet to be from fat, and as much of that as possible from saturated fat.

    Ditto, I think my fat is around 65% almost all sat fat.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,477 Member
    In a perfect world you get 33% from polyunsaturated, 33% from monounsaturated and 33% from saturated.
    Sounds logical but it's not. Polyunsaturated fats have been pretty scarce in nature up until recently and of course now there's a lot of talk about omega imbalance with too much omega 6's.
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