I am a little fuzzy about the fat. If you are eating something that contains fat, according to the label, then you shouldn't add a fat. Lets say that I eat oatmeal in the morning and it has 2grams of fat in 1 serving. Because of the fat, I shouldn't add flax seed oil to eat. Is that right? Does this make sense? How much fat should you have for each meal? You can refer me to the page in the JC book.
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Fat confuses me too, let me flip through the book and see exactly what the requirements are. I think its a certain amount of fat but I am not positive.
I think the idea is that many foods will have a certain amount of fat in them - it is when fat is dominant in the food that one must count it. So for instance - if I eat a slice of low fat cheese I count only protein. If I eat regular cheese I must count a fat. 2 grams of fat is only like 18 of the however many calories in your oatmeal. It is predominantly a carb. Remember - there are 9 calories for every gram of fat. (4 each for carbs and proteins). If dietary guidelines suggest 20% of calories from fat (I think it used to be 30% but they lowered to 20% for weight loss?) 400 calories of a meal... 80 calories okay from fat - that is about 8 or so fat grams total (including what is in your carb/protein selections). Of course this is all very loosely based - the idea of the plan is so that you don't have to sit there and pick everything apart nutritionally.
Ok, Dr. Daisy I have a question....I make a lot of stews, soups, things like homemade chicken pot pie. I use every ingredient I can that is low fat, low cal, etc....I don't know how to figure the calories, fat, carbs etc. These are old receipes so they don't have a breakdown. I usually eat what I can assume is 1 portion and go from there....any ideas?
Well - When I have one like that I add up the whole thing, ingredient by ingredient and then divide by serving size... If you can post an example - I can work on it for you... It is a little time consuming, but it is worth it in the long run...
Is there a free website to calculate recipes...I could really use one...any one know of one? I do alot a throwing things together and don't really follow a pre written recipe so that would really help!
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