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25 or 20% of fat?

valentinairenedilauro
valentinairenedilauro Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Recipes
Hi everybody, glad to be here!

According to the National Recommended Energy and Nutrient Intake Levels the quantity of protein has to be around 15% instead fat 25%, which I feel that doesen't meet my need. I ended up adding more protein and reducing the fat, firstly fot the wrong convinction that a diet fat-free was better than a one with a right amount of fat. But I do not follow that belief anymore and now I'm afraid to introduce a wrong amount of fatper day. I eat 39g of fat daily and my daily intake is 1750. Do you thing that is correct? Do I need to add extra fat into my diet?

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  • mortuseon_
    mortuseon_ Posts: 257 Member
    You're fine, people eat more fat than that daily and they are perfectly healthy - just make sure it's from reasonably healthy sources and not lots of trans fats, etc!
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    I would eat more fat if I were you - fat is important for good health. Theres no reason to be afraid of fat.... Get 0.35-0.45g per lb of body weight as a minimum
  • sugarnspice0613
    sugarnspice0613 Posts: 109 Member
    Increasing your fat intake will be fine, but what is your overall goal?
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