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lorna_v_johnstone
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If saturated fats are 'bad fats' and unsaturated fats are 'good fats', why does MFP advise I consume 13g of saturated and 0g of unsaturated fats daily? I'm confused. Can someone explain this for me?
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Thank you for the reply. But my question remains unanswered - perhaps saturated fats are 'not as bad as we used to think', but why are no unsaturated fats allowed?0
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Because in the right amounts they give health benefits.0
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Those are daily recommended limits, but there is no recommended limit for unsaturated so they don't give you one.0
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I know this is not an answer for your question but here is some more info. I just started using coconut oil to help my digestive movement. Fiber was not working but the coconut oil has been working well. Also look up MCT.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/the-fat-burning-fat-the-coconut-is-natures-premiere-thermogenic.html
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/coconut-oil-the-greatest-fat-youve-never-tried.html?searchterm=coconut
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Unsaturated fats are unevil so they don't bother to tell you how much to consume, but because saturated fat is evil, they want to make sure you don't get heart disease. Simple really.0
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No limit is set for unsat and it may be optional on labels too hence hard to track.0
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Unsaturated fats aren't "not allowed," there's just no specific limit for them.
It's confusing, but tracking them will have to depend on you setting a limit or goal that you want to reach.0 -
neanderthin wrote: »Unsaturated fats are unevil so they don't bother to tell you how much to consume, but because saturated fat is evil, they want to make sure you don't get heart disease. Simple really.
How so?0 -
Sarcasm?0
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lemurcat12 wrote: »Sarcasm?
Probably, I'm still waiting for the world to come out with a sarcasm font to make things easier0 -
never2bstopped wrote: »Those are daily recommended limits, but there is no recommended limit for unsaturated so they don't give you one.
^^ THIS^^ Some things (fiber) are a minimum. Some things are a maximum. It's confusing.
And, I suspect in the coming years the MFP will be tweaking the fats AND the sugars.0 -
That's because MFP macros are incorrect. Saturated fat is NOT bad. Meats, and butter are good for you. Carbs and sugar are not. MFP is still using the USDA Food Pyramid that wants us load up on breads and fruit. Hence the reason the world is increasingly fat with increased illnesses and diseases despite the lowest fat diet in history.0
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1stplace4health wrote: »That's because MFP macros are incorrect. Saturated fat is NOT bad. Meats, and butter are good for you. Carbs and sugar are not. MFP is still using the USDA Food Pyramid that wants us load up on breads and fruit. Hence the reason the world is increasingly fat with increased illnesses and diseases despite the lowest fat diet in history.
What's wrong with carbs?
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galgenstrick wrote: »1stplace4health wrote: »That's because MFP macros are incorrect. Saturated fat is NOT bad. Meats, and butter are good for you. Carbs and sugar are not. MFP is still using the USDA Food Pyramid that wants us load up on breads and fruit. Hence the reason the world is increasingly fat with increased illnesses and diseases despite the lowest fat diet in history.
What's wrong with carbs?
What's wrong with sugar?0 -
Short version: ignore MFP for types of fats.
Transfats: limit those. They are found in some snacks and packaged products. Do eat enough daily fats and oils:
http://www.pennmedicine.org/health_info/nutrition/how_much.html
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Bumping this post in the hopes that people will actually read it. When the landmark meta analysis study came out last year giving the green light to saturated fat, the media jumped all over it. You can find scores of articles online proclaiming butter and bacon to be AOK now. What got very little attention, however, was the criticism of the study that came shortly after it was released.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2014/03/19/dietary-fat-and-heart-disease-study-is-seriously-misleading/
Interestingly, after all the evidence was weighed not a single major health agency in the world decided to alter its recommendation to limit saturated fat in your diet.0 -
There are no official (US FDA or EFSA) daily reference values (DRVs) for poly- or monounsaturated fats. There are only DRVs for total fat, saturated fat, and trans fat. Since there are no published DRVs, the goals are set to N/A on the Web version and Android mobile apps.
There is a reported issue on the iOS app where it incorrectly displays the poly- and monounsaturated fats goals as zero instead of N/A as on the Web version and Android version.
Please see this thread for the reported issue.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/31712316#Comment_317123160 -
peter56765 wrote: »
Bumping this post in the hopes that people will actually read it. When the landmark meta analysis study came out last year giving the green light to saturated fat, the media jumped all over it. You can find scores of articles online proclaiming butter and bacon to be AOK now. What got very little attention, however, was the criticism of the study that came shortly after it was released.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2014/03/19/dietary-fat-and-heart-disease-study-is-seriously-misleading/
Interestingly, after all the evidence was weighed not a single major health agency in the world decided to alter its recommendation to limit saturated fat in your diet.
Why do you keep copy/pasting the exact same garbage? Troll? Or just unable to learn?
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peter56765 wrote: »
Bumping this post in the hopes that people will actually read it. When the landmark meta analysis study came out last year giving the green light to saturated fat, the media jumped all over it. You can find scores of articles online proclaiming butter and bacon to be AOK now. What got very little attention, however, was the criticism of the study that came shortly after it was released.
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/2014/03/19/dietary-fat-and-heart-disease-study-is-seriously-misleading/
Interestingly, after all the evidence was weighed not a single major health agency in the world decided to alter its recommendation to limit saturated fat in your diet.
Why do you keep copy/pasting the exact same garbage? Troll? Or just unable to learn?
Please. Enlighten me.0
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