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Eating Fat is Basic to Good Health
According to the study of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid “habits and food consumption frequency, the Spanish eat too much saturated fat, monounsaturated and abuse it just take polyunsaturated. The frequency analysis shows that consumption in Spain surpassed the 18% that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended for monounsaturated and eats less than 6% polyunsaturated recommended.
For this reason, the experts who led the study emphasize the important role of fats in food and that eating fat is essential for good health and remembers that the WHO recommendation on fat intake is that they should involve 30-35% of total daily energy. Of these, 13-18% should be moninsaturadas, 610% polyunsaturated and less than 10% should be saturated.
Dr. Rosa Ortega, a professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Faculty of the Complutense University of Madrid, demystifies fats: “Not bad. We just need to reduce consumption of saturated fats, because they have proven to be harmful to cardiovascular health when consumed in excess. can be replaced by hand or polyunsaturated fats. Increase consumption of grains and vegetables also helps to balance our diet and, if we do more exercise, get additional benefits. “