How much fat do we need?
According to NNR 2012, Nordic Nutrition Recommendations, intake of fats for children over two years and adults should be between 25-40%, with other words 25-40 percentage of our daily intake should be fats, provided that its good quality fats and that the diet as a whole is good. The quality of the fats is of greater importance than the amount we get into our bodies.
Children generally need more fat than adults, mainly before the age of 2. Between 6 and 11 months, fats should be between 30-45 % of their daily intake and for kinds 12-23 months it should be between 30-40 %. This is because children have a high energy need in relation to their weight.
According to NNR, the intake of monounsaturated fats should be between 10-20 E%, polyunsaturated fats between 5-10E% out of which 1% should be omega-3, and saturated fats should be less than 10%. Also, the intake of transfats should be as low a possible.
According to new studies done a Harvard Medical School the total intake of fats should be between 25-35% every day. Polyunsaturated fats should be up to 10% of the total calories and monounsaturated fats should be up to 20%. While saturated fats should be less than 7%. To eat less fat that what is recommended, at least 25% of the daily intake, can lead to low HDL-cholesterol and heightened levels of triglyceride in the blood, which influences the risk to be affected by a heart decease. At the same time as fats are important for us, too much can lead to overweight and obesity. Read more about why fats are important for our bodies here: https://elifestyle-se.myshopify.com/blogs/nyheter/fat-what-is-it-and-which-functions-does-it-have-in-our-bodies