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Check the trigger web page. It says "Keep your fat intake to 20% - 25% of your total calories, and make your fats count. They should be monounsaturated and contain essential fatty acids, so choose fat sources such as olive oil, canola oil, avocados, finely ground nuts, fatty fish, flax oil, etc. Because all fats, even heart-healthy choices, are still potential IBS triggers"

So the total daily intake of fat should be 20-25% while the amount of fat in a given meal may be higher or lower than the daily fat/oil consumption.

This is within the USDA guidelines tha say no more than 30% of calories from fat and less than 10% from saturated fats.

And recall that 1 gram of fat = 9 calories and 1 gram carb or protein = 4 calories.

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