WP wrote: > Good diet advice and links for fat, carbos, protein etc. content in > different foods. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~fitness_habit/5_Diet.htm It's overall a good and useful page, but the fats section could be better. It says, "The American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association do recommend that no more than 30 percent of your calories come from fat". Here are their actual recommendations: *** American Diabetes Association: Defers to USDA guidelines: 20%-35% calories from fat, <= 10% calories from saturated fat, <= 1% calories from trans fat. It emphasizes trans and saturated fat. http://www.diabetes.org/for-parents-and-kids/diabetes-care/food-guidelines.jsp http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/index.html *** American Heart Association: 25%-35% calories from fat (25%-30% if you're obese), <= 7% calories from saturated fat, <= 1% calories from trans fat. It emphasizes trans and saturated fat. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=851 http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4764 http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1510 http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=506 Focus on avoiding trans and saturated fats! Eat more monounsaturated fats--like the kinds in almonds and olive oil--and eat your omega-3 fatty acids daily. When considering overall fat intake, remember there's both a lower- and upper-bound. Good luck. :)
