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Not getting enough fat in the diet?

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enwar3

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So I'm bulking on college cafeteria foods.. which means I basically eat lots and lots of the only healthy stuff there. Lately I've noticed I don't consume much fat.

I get fat from four chicken breasts and..... a bit from the protein shake I drink. Couple times a week I'll have 2%. That's about it. Dangerously low amounts of fat?
 
Are you tracking your diet online with a tool like fitday? That will give you a good idea of your fat intake. I'd say your fat intake is fine - you sound low on saturated fat, which is definitely a good thing. Getting some unsaturated fats into your diet can't hurt though - you get that from various nuts/oils and fish.
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
Are you tracking your diet online with a tool like fitday? That will give you a good idea of your fat intake. I'd say your fat intake is fine - you sound low on saturated fat, which is definitely a good thing. Getting some unsaturated fats into your diet can't hurt though - you get that from various nuts/oils and fish.
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Except your body needs saturated fats. Obviously you know this, but if you're active, fats (both saturated and unsaturated) should be a staple of your diet. Drink whole milk instead of 2%. Use some butter or oil if available. You need fat. Period.

EDIT: Sat fat research link.
 
He's low, not completely without it - hence I recommended he actually log what he eats to have better numbers. The 2% milk will provide some, and we don't have a full snapshot of his diet.

No is bad, low is good.

Plus, come on....I've been to college, nothing in those cafeterias is "healthy" 😉
 
The only thing I'd really worry about is getting your 6-10 grams of fish oil in every day. Besides that I wouldn't worry about it too much.

I would like to mention that it is generally considered better to get your fats as monounsaturated or polyunsaturated, and keep saturated fats a bit lower. Most health issues that have been blamed on fat is saturated and trans fat. There's also research showing that saturated fat is usually much harder to remove when dieting and this is part of the problem of stubborn fat people deal with when they get to low bodyfat (mens abdominal fat and womens thigh fat, usually). Monounsaturated are easy to remove and polyunsaturates are usually easiest to remove. So it may be a good idea to bulk mainly on "healthy" fats as opposed to just eating anything and everything, in order to make it easier to diet afterward.
 
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