Most experts agree that 25-30% of your calories should come from healthy fats. For example, let’s use a person who has a 2100 calorie/day diet.

2100X.25=525 calories from fat

Fat has 9 calories per gram.

525/9=58 grams of fat

So, using this formula, a person on a 2100-calorie diet would consume approximately 58 grams of fat each day.

It is generally agreed upon that most Americans should increase their consumption of omega-3s while decreasing their consumption of omega-6s.

In order to reduce your consumption of omega-6s, you should decrease your intake of the following:
Beef
Pork
Corn oil
Sunflower oil
Peanut oil
Sesame oil
Cottonseed oil

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