Re: question for Heather, or others -- about fat consumption
12/29/03 01:48 PM
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Heather
Reged: 12/09/02
Posts: 7799
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Hi - Mags and Linz gave you good advice. For grams, let's say your daughter is eating 2,000 calories a day (a good number for a young woman, give or take). You want 20-25% of those calories from fat - so, for the day, that would be 400-500 calories. Fats have 9 calories per gram, so if you divide 400-500 by 9 calories you get 44-55 grams of fat.
Linz is right - you want each meal/snack to not exceed 25% calories from fat. Spread out your daily fat consumption so that you're always incorporating the heart-healthy fats with a good soluble fiber basis. You should definitely NOT be eating too little fat for good overall health. You'd have to go below the 20-25% fat mark, or be on a very low calorie diet overall, for this to happen.
Best,
Heather
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