Hey peeps,
You know when you read a food label, you generally have the Fats section e.g 4g, followed by 'of which saturates' e.g. 0.5g.
What I want to know is does the 'fats' part mean healthy monounsaturated/polyunsaturated fats? And then the unhealthy saturates are marked as seperate.
So based on the above example, the food contains 3.5g of healthy and 0.5g of unhealthy fat?
Thanks
Lost 10 stone previously on a VLCD of my own. Put 5.5 stone back on after 2 years off of it. So back now to start Exante
Start weight = 20 stone
Current weight = 17st 3lbs
Target weight = 13/14st (14 was my original weight but it's when I feel comfortable this time)
Week 1 = -12lbs
Week 2 = -3lbs
Week 3 = -4lbsWeek 4 = -3lbsWeek 5= No weigh in
Week 6 = -7lbsWeek 7 = -2lbsWeek 8 = -5lbsWeek 9 = week offWeek 10 = -2lbsWeek 11 =Week 12 =
You must do the thing you think you cannot do, you're never beaten until you admit it.
Yes, the 4g would be the total, with 3.5g as mono/poly fats and .5 as the saturated fats. If you are doing a diet that believes saturated fats are unhealthy then you need to try and keep it below 10% of the total fat.Originally Posted by scottye87
So based on the above example, the food contains 3.5g of healthy and 0.5g of unhealthy fat?
Thanks
So following the UK guidelines, it would be something like 30% calories from fat, but 20% being the mono/poly and 10% being the saturates (though some say 7% for saturates is preferable). If you were doing a diet that believes saturated fat is good for you, then you don't worry either way
Lost 8 stone 2004/5. Now a Cambridge Weight Plan Consultant.
Thanks for the reply KD, thought it was the case, but I thought i'd get it checked before eating.
Generally my sat fats don't ever reach above the 5% a day so looks like i'm doin ok, even if I do get the craving for a pasty occasionally haha.
Lost 10 stone previously on a VLCD of my own. Put 5.5 stone back on after 2 years off of it. So back now to start Exante
Start weight = 20 stone
Current weight = 17st 3lbs
Target weight = 13/14st (14 was my original weight but it's when I feel comfortable this time)
Week 1 = -12lbs
Week 2 = -3lbs
Week 3 = -4lbsWeek 4 = -3lbsWeek 5Week 6 = -7lbsWeek 7 = -2lbsWeek 8 = -5lbsWeek 9 = week offWeek 10 = -2lbsWeek 11 =Week 12 =
You must do the thing you think you cannot do, you're never beaten until you admit it.
i get my fats from mixed nuts but only a handful, as finishing a pack of them could easily be 1000+ cals
and natural peanut butter
Last edited by kenshin112 : 23rd December, 2009 at 05:34 PM
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Lol yeah try to keep away from nuts for that reason right there mate haha
Lost 10 stone previously on a VLCD of my own. Put 5.5 stone back on after 2 years off of it. So back now to start Exante
Start weight = 20 stone
Current weight = 17st 3lbs
Target weight = 13/14st (14 was my original weight but it's when I feel comfortable this time)
Week 1 = -12lbs
Week 2 = -3lbs
Week 3 = -4lbsWeek 4 = -3lbsWeek 5Week 6 = -7lbsWeek 7 = -2lbsWeek 8 = -5lbsWeek 9 = week offWeek 10 = -2lbsWeek 11 =Week 12 =
You must do the thing you think you cannot do, you're never beaten until you admit it.
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