TIP OF THE DAY - FRIDAY

KEEP IT UP...PART 2
You're Eating Less Fat. Fats are an essential part of a healthy diet, but the U.S. Dietary Guidelines recommend they be a source of no more than 35 percent of the daily calories. Chances are, you're already there! On average, total fat makes up 33 percent of the calories people consume, according to the Centers for Disease Control's last "Healthy People" report in 2004. Its target for 2010 is to drop that level to 30 percent. The bad news: In its 2007 update, the CDC reported "little or no progress" so far in decreasing the U.S. consumption of fats.
TIP: If you consume 2,000 calories a day, your saturated fat intake should be 20 grams or less. Try to make most of those fats come from sources with poly-or monounsaturated fatty acids, like fish, nuts, and vegetables oils.
What all this talk means is that when we are dieting we need to be careful that we are dieting correctly and that means watching what we are eating. Yes we need fat in our diets same as salt but it needs to be the right fats and limited salts. If you don't know exactly what you are eating then how do you know if you are eating correctly and that means you want to eat to get healthy not just to lose weight. This is where I have problems.