Question

Your diet has been evaluated and you are consuming an average of 2800 calories, 62 grams of saturated fat, and 5 grams of trans fat daily. Are these values within the recommendations for heart health?

Answer 1

Answer:

The values are not within the recommendations for heart health.

Explanation:

Saturated fats should comprise of not more than 6% of your daily calorie intake.  This means for a 2800 calories daily intake, not more than 168 calories should be from saturated fat.  1 gram of saturated fat is equivalent to about 9 calories.  So your daily intake of saturated fat should not exceed 18 grams per day.  Trans fat should comprise of 1% of your daily calorie intake.  This means for a 2800 calories daily intake, not more than 28 calories should be from trans fat.  1 gram of trans fat is equivalent to 10 calories.  So your daily intake of trans fat should not exceed 2.8 grams.