How to Lower Fat in your Diet Easily

FAT-HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

How much fat should you eat? To answer that question, you’ll need to consider your health profile as well as you training.  Follow this chart:

Your Category: low fat Diet

See the chart on the back.

Check with you doctor or nutritionist for

specific information about how much and what kinds

of fat your diet should have, based on you health

history.

                                    See the chart on the back

Decreasing fat may help you decrease total calories

Be careful not to replace fat calories with calories from other foods.

To lose body fat you need to decrease TOTAL calories.

 Aerobic exercise increases you carbohydrate needs

If you currently eat a high fat diet, you may need to decrease

fat and increase carbohydrate intake.

Your category: Moderate fat.

If you have trouble keeping you weight up the problem is

inadequate calories.  One easy way to get more calories is to

add fat to your diet.  And it doesn’t have to be a big increase

See the chart below.

Your category: Increase to Minimum or low fat.

Just as too much fat can be a problem, not eating enough fat can be a

problem too.  A fat- deficient diet can lead to increased blood cholesterol

, nutrient deficiencies, inadequate calorie intake, a weak immune system

, and decreased hormones.  The chart below shows you how much fat

a healthy, high performance diet contains.

Fat in a Healthy, High Performance Diet