Saturated Fats

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What are saturated fats?

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• Saturated fat is a solid fat mainly found in

animal foods

• Also found in dairy, eggs, and some plant

based sources like coconut and palm

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Sat Facts• Less than 7% of your daily

calories should be saturated fats

• This means if you eat 2,000 calories a day, then no more than 140 calories should be from saturated fats

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What can it do if I eat too much of it?

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Saturated fats raise

your cholesterol

Why we chose…

• We chose saturated fats because it is an important subject for being healthy. Too much is bad, a little every once in a while is OK.

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FOOD PYRAMID

• The food pyramid tells how much of each food you should eat in a day.

• oils

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Oils

7 Healthy Snacks

• Homemade Trail Mix• Apple Slices with Lowfat Cheese• Graham Crackers with Peanut Butter• Tomato Soup with Baby Carrots• Frozen Tamale Pie• Egg Salad• Canned Mandarin Oranges with Light Whipped

Topping

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Resources

• Fitness Magazine• Newmans Own • Heart • Low Fat