Fat Intake vital for Nutritious Diet

As per researchers, fat intake is also necessary for health. They think that low-fat and no-fat foods should be considered as an option to prevent any ailment. In fact, they have asked to put an end on total dietary fat.

Later this year, an updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans will be published. It is expected that the guidelines will renewed assessment of the role fat plays in human nutrition. Experts said that good fats known as polyunsaturated fats found in nuts.

Limit should be applicable only on saturated fat. To cite an example, saturated fats should be just 10% of a person’s total calorie intake. Jessica Cording, a New York City registered dietitian, said that confusion will happen if restriction on fat is taken off.

“Removing the guidelines, especially without providing any education to give context to the role of fat in the diet, isn’t necessarily going to fix anything”, affirmed Cording. Information should be available for people, so that they can make choices that will keep them healthy.

Monosaturated fats are also good for body and are found in olive oil and peanut oil. Penny Kris-Etherton, chair of the American Heart Association’s nutrition committee, said that this type of oil is important for body.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the belief was levying a limit on fat would target saturated fat. But things did not move as decided, as people started avoid all types of fats and started the approach of a no-fat or low-fat diet approach.