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Baked or grilled salmon and green leafy vegetables like spinach and broccoli. If you can switch the saturated fat you eat with healthy food, it would be even better for you.
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What are the health issues related to unsaturated and saturated fat intake?
Excess saturated fat intake has been linked to circulatory diseases, and cancer. Unsaturated fat helps balance blood cholesterol levels, which is a good thing. There is now evidence that unsaturated fat is also good for mental health.
What is the Recommended Daily Intake of unsaturated fats?
No RDI is stated for unsaturated fat however there is for saturated fat. (approx 20 - 25 grams saturated fat for an recommended total intake of about 70 grams of fat.) So this works out to be a ratio of about 30% saturated and 70% unsaturated. Meaning, if your total fat intake is around 70g then this would amount to 20g for saturated and 50g for unsaturated fat.
What is the daily recommendation for saturated fat?
It is about 20 to 25 grams of saturated fat out of a recommended total intake of about 70 grams of fat (about 30% saturated and 70% unsaturated).
Which of the following is a feature of fat intake and health?
Intake of saturated fat raises blood cholesterol more than intake of cholesterol
When reducing fat intake the emphasis should be placed on lowering intake of?
Saturated fats.
What is the RDA for a teenager for saturated fats?
As a teenager you do not need to limit your intake of saturated fat. I would recommend at least 10% of your calories come from saturated fat.
What happens if you eat 100 grams of saturated fat in one day?
Nothing extreme. 100 grams of saturated fat is incredibly bad for you and is 4 times your recommended daily intake. I suggest you do a lot of exercise in the coming weeks and eat foods that will lower your cholesterol.
What are the three types of fats?
Saturated, Monounsaturated, Polyunsaturated trans fat, unsaturated fat, and saturated fat
To lower cardiovascular risk it is recommended that you consume less than of your total daily caloric intake from saturated fat?
Oh yes, saturated fat is quite hazardous to your cardiovascular health. Eat as little as possible. Unsaturated fats are much better for you.
What is the difference between saturated fat and regular fat?
There is no way to compare saturated fat with regular fat because in that context, regular fat does not exist! Carbon compounds can form three types of attachments with other atoms. They can share a single bond, a double bond, or a triple bond. A saturated fat is a fat where every carbon atom is attached to every other atom by a single bond. A mono-unsaturated fat, is a fat that contains one double bond. Poly unsaturated fats contain many double bonds.
What is a womens RDA of saturated fat?
The usual stated maximal allowable amount of saturated fat (not an RDA, because actually no amounts of saturated fat is to be recommended) for men or women is 20% of daily fat intake, or about 15-20 grams max per day.
What is the AMDR for saturated fat?
"Of the dietary fat we eat, saturated and trans fats are most highly correlated with an increased risk of heart disease because they increase blood cholesterol levels by altering the way cholesterol is removed from the blood. Thus, the recommended intake of saturated fat is less than 7% of our total energy; unfortunately, our average intake of saturated fat is between 11% and 12% of energy".Janice Thompson-Melinda Manore. Nutrition For Life (2nd edition). San Francisco: Person Benjamin Cummings, 2010. Nutrition-Textbook
