Monday, August 8, 2011

Fats: Dietary Guidelines detail the good, the bad and risky

Are you prepared to temper your tallow consumption and swap shortening for safflower oil?

The federal government?s 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans urge us to reduce our intake of ?solid fats? such as saturated and trans fats by replacing them with more healthful, unsaturated fats and oils. The former are believed to increase risk of certain chronic conditions and diseases, while the latter may help protect against them.

Robert Post, deputy director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, says Americans are getting ?far too many? of their calories from fat, especially solid fat.

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