Comments on: How Fat Smart Are You?

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Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:23:24 +0000

[...] Get Fit Slowly asks How Fat Smart Are You? [...]

By: SmarterFitter Blog » Blog Archive » Fat Tuesday

SmarterFitter Blog » Blog Archive » Fat Tuesday — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:45:19 +0000

[...] Get Fit Slowly posted a link to MyFatsTranslator by the American Heart Association. A step above your usual BMI calculators, this one tells you your recommended daily intake of total fats, saturated fats, trans fats and cholesterol. (Bring on the Twinkies!) [...]

By: Andrew is getting fit

Andrew is getting fit — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:08:34 +0000

All things in moderation. Can’t really go wrong with that.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:39:35 +0000

Interestingly enough, and often overlooked, is that fat in an animal (meat, fish, whatever) really comes from what that animal eats. The reason that a lot of beef is so high in bad fats is that we generally stuff them with corn and other fats (from chickens and other sources) – while if the cow were grazing on grass as it should be, its meat would be much higher in “better” fats and have more omega-3s. So avoiding red meat isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but saying that fish fat is better defacto can be a problem because there are now more and more fish farms which are feeding their fish corn and other grains to fatten them up quickly as apposed to the algae, etc they eat in the wild which is what gives their meat the “good” fats. I could go on – but I won’t Eat a moderate diet, try and stay away from processed crap, eat local if possible…and you should be fine.

By: brad

brad — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:23:36 +0000

Just saying “natural” fats are okay is a bit misleading. Saturated fats have been linked to a wide variety of diseases, some of them fatal. And high-fat low-carbohydrate diets have well-documented health risks when maintained long-term: http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleID=221.

To learn which fats are healthier than others, check out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guide at:

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/nutrition/nutrition_for_everyone/basics/fat.htm

The American Heart Association also has a good guide to fats:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=532