Fat grams

The only fat that is a concern is Transfat (or trans fatty acids).

There are no Government targets / limits on the unsaturated fats, no RDA or similar, hence no default value in MFP. You can set one in custom goals.

EddieP50 wrote: »

Both Saturated Fat and Trans Fats are the bad fats. Those are the ones that should be limited.

or you could read up and become a bit more current in your recommendation... there is much mounting evidence that saturated fats were unfairly demonized and aren't "bad fats" at all

EddieP50 wrote: »

Sorry, but I have read up and that information was given to me directly by doctor. Link below to handout he gave me.

http://gicare.com/diets/low-cholesterol-diet/

For the "much mounting evidence" please provide links to clinical case studies from documented and verifiable medical websites and case studies which have generally been accepted by the medical community as a whole.

oh , you mean the ones I don't have access to due to the paid nature of many of the sites? I could link to articles that reference said studies, but I've hung around here long enough to know that you'd just use that as fuel to bash - "that's not a study it's an article/opinion piece/blah whatever." Nah, not up for that today. How about we just part ways: you go with what you doc told you and I'll stick with what my doctor told me (which is just about the opposite of the handout you linked to).

EddieP50 wrote: »

For the "much mounting evidence" please provide links to clinical case studies from documented and verifiable medical websites and case studies which have generally been accepted by the medical community as a whole.

"Generally accepted" is not something measurable, or useful. The generally accepted belief of yesteryear was that surgeon's need not wash their hands etc.

But recent peer reviewed studies on saturated fat :-

http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h3978 "Conclusions Saturated fats are not associated with all cause mortality, CVD, CHD, ischemic stroke, or type 2 diabetes, but the evidence is heterogeneous with methodological limitations. Trans fats are associated with all cause mortality, total CHD, and CHD mortality, probably because of higher levels of intake of industrial trans fats than ruminant trans fats. Dietary guidelines must carefully consider the health effects of recommendations for alternative macronutrients to replace trans fats and saturated fats." (my bold)

Five years older :-

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/early/2010/01/13/ajcn.2009.27725.abstract "Conclusions: A meta-analysis of prospective epidemiologic studies showed that there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD or CVD. More data are needed to elucidate whether CVD risks are likely to be influenced by the specific nutrients used to replace saturated fat. "

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26586275
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20354806
etc etc

Marymtte wrote: »

Sorry, but I still don't think, but I may have missed it, that anyone answered my original question. Poly and mono unsaturated fats are supposed to be much better than saturated, yet MFP gives me 20 grams of sat. fat but no poly or mono fats. I don't get why.

https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/1375583-a-message-about-myfitnesspal-s-updated-nutrition-goals

That is how all the goals are set. There just are no standards set for unsaturated fats as Yarwell has mentioned. As such, your goals are zero. But you should try eat both.