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Three main sources of fat in a typical American diet are:

-Sugar

-Salt/MSG

-Oil

For instance, a Snickers bar is a source of fat, and so are potato chips and cookies. (cookies are a triple double source because they have sugar, salt, and oil!! So do potato chips, minus the sugar)

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