Monitor the Fat in Your Diet

Keep track of fat in your diet! So much fat is not good - it can lead to obesity, increases the risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney stones and some types of cancer. In addition, the fat / oil has doubled more calories than carbohydrates and proteins.

Some facts related to the fat you need to consider:

- Fat is more easily changed and stored as body fat compared with carbohydrates and proteins.

- Carbohydrates that exceeds the body's needs can also be changed and stored as body fat, especially in women of childbearing age. At the age of excess fat more easily stored in the thighs and buttocks.

- Body fat is generally stored under the skin tissue (50%), around the organs in the abdominal cavity (45%) and in intramuscular tissue (5%).

However, it does not mean you should totally get rid of fat from your diet. Your body still needs fat - within certain limits.

Fat intake is recommended

Keep track of fat in your diet. Recommended by WHO (1990), fat intake is 15-30% of total energy needs, is considered good for health. Among the fat consumed daily is recommended at most 10% of total energy needs come from saturated fat and 3-7% of polyunsaturated fatty.

In particular, active teens are encouraged to consume 40-80 grams of fat per day in the daily diet, while for women 30-60 grams, 40-80 grams of active men, and if you are a hard worker or athlete 80-120 gr.

Let's monitor the fat in your diet. Do not wait for later, later.


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