What % of fat per product can you handle?
#309083 - 06/15/07 12:21 AM
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I'm curious, for those who are stablizing and those who already are there, what % of fat for a product can you consume?
I read Heather recommends 25% to 33% tops, I've been going with 25% but sometimes I wonder if 33% would be all that bad?
Consider this dish from PF Changs which is about 34%
SICHUAN FROM THE SEA CALAMARI
Calamari prepared in a red chili pepper garlic sauce.
Calories
1000
Protein
48g
Carbs
110g
Total Fat
39.0g
Saturated Fat
7.0g
Ingredients:
Marinated calamari, chili paste, garlic, green onions, potato starch, sesame oil, Sichuan sauce*
Safe?
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I think I would be sick for a month if I consumed that dish! I couldn't do any of the ingredients and the fat content is sooooo high. I generally don't have anything with a total fat content high than 9g (and that is a treat!). I usually stick to 1-3.5g per serving. I am IBS-C
You may well suffer if you consumed this dish. Look on the Recipes page on this site for safe idea's.
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I could never handle that. Yikes.
I keep my fat content, most likely, around 15-20%. I try to not EVER eat anything that has more than 10g fat per serving - even higher-calorie stuff.
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I believe that Heather recommends 25-30% of daily calorie intake should come from fat. One gram of fat has 9 calories. If your daily caloric intake is 2000 calories then you can have 500-600 calories from fat or 55 to 65 grams of fat in total for whole the day.
For example, SICHUAN FROM THE SEA CALAMARI assuming the serving size is 100 grams then it contains 350 (39 x 9 = 351) calories from fat or 39% fat by weight. One serving contains more 1/2 the total daily fat intake. This is a very high fat product. What was the serving size specifed on the label?
Personally as a rule of thumb I never eat any food that contains more than 10% fat by weight.
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I tend to shoot for 10-15% overal fat intake myself. But to consider, I weigh out my fat percentages over the day and not the meal. This works for me but I don't know how others do it.
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Does the form of the fat matter? Last time I went to P. F. Chang's I got the Buddha's Feast Stir Fried (which according to their online menu only has about 6g of fat and 430 calories), which is fairly low on fat, but it's all oil. I ate about half of it with rice, but got pretty sick from it. Overall my diet has about 20%-25% fat in it and I do ok, but I try to stay away from anything oily in general. My fat generally comes from grains and nuts and maybe a little oil here and there.
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I would think the "type" of fat matters. Avocado would differ from vegetable oil for example. I read about this once, but can't remember or don't know for certain.
I tend more towards fats from plants, avocado, peanut butter, fish, etc. myself and avoid, if possible, other fats.
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I kind of think of IBS a little like limbo...how low can you go?? I keep my fat as low as possible. I would think 25% was about as high as I could handle. The PFChang's recipe looks like a tummy ache just waiting for an IBS'er...I would surely skip that one! Good luck~~
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By the way, just thought I would mention that for anyone who eats at P. F. Changs, you can get the Buddha's Feast (veggies) and get it steamed (no sauces or anything added, just plain steamed veggies). It comes with steamed white or brown rice, and they have some table sauces you can add for a little flavoring. I think I may be eating that from now on since my husband loves the place and everything else I've tried there gives me problems.
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That would be too high. I don't understand where that fat is coming from anyway when oil is so far down on the list. But remember that with rice and vegetables with no added fat that would even out the fat from the calamari.
I eat about 25% fat with each meal if possible. Remember it is fat per meal not per day! I also feel I am pretty sensitive to fats too and up to 30% is okay for me usually. I figure out fat percentage by a rough guess when away from the calculator. I just mulitply the fat grams by 10 instead of 9 and guestimate that into the calories.
500 calorie meal guess it has 20 grams of fat x10=200 compared to 500 it is less than half but too close to be safe. Actual percentage 36%.
Remember though our diet is not supposed to be fat free! Don't have meals of plain rice, plain vegetable and almost fat free breast; put some margarine or nuts or something on there to give our bodies the needed fat to make digestion work and so we don't store fat.
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