Fat Recommendation (was Trader Joe's Soy Chorizo)

[Guest guest]

, Mark Sutton <msutton wrote:

" Remember, Ornish and Esselstyn recommend 14 to 24 grams of fat per day, total. "

 

Actually, no, I don't remember that. Do you have a page citation? Is the

recommendation scaled depending on how much one weighs?

 

What I recall from Esselstyn's book is 10% for disease reversal, 20% for disease

prevention. My husband yesterday was asking me how many fat grams he should

have (200 pounds, exercises every day) and I calculated the 10% figure at 33

grams (or a bit more -- calorie need calculators vary; this is the low figure).

 

If I'm wrong I want to know!

 

Diane

[Guest guest]

On Sat, 8 May 2010, hathor42 wrote:

 

> " Remember, Ornish and Esselstyn recommend 14 to 24 grams of fat per day,

total. "

>

> Actually, no, I don't remember that. Do you have a page citation? Is

> the recommendation scaled depending on how much one weighs?

 

I don't remember reading anything like that either, at least not from

Esselstyn. In " Prevent adn Reverse Heart Disease " , for example, Esslestyn

says that " a diet made up of the foods on the 'approved' list in Chapter

8 will contain approximately 10% fat. That level ...is ideal for good

health. " (p. 77)

 

> the 10% figure at 33 grams (or a bit more -- calorie need calculators

> vary; this is the low figure).

> If I'm wrong I want to know!

>

 

I'm not sure how you are calculating, but try it this way: fat calories

shoudl comprise no more than 10% of total calories per day. So if he is

on a 2,000 calorie/day diet, he should not be eating more than 200

calories of fat, including the calories of fat that are already in

the foods he is eating. At 9 calories/gram, that's about 22 grams of

fat/day.

 

Hope this helps-

 

MEC