If intake of fat is more than 40% of the total energy, then it leads to overweight and obesity. But in the current scenario, it is more important whether the type of fat is healthy or not than the amount of fat as it leads to more chances of cardiac and other health problems.Hence, healthy fat should be used in the diet to prevent the health problems.
Unhealthy fat is definitely more treacherous than amount of fat. Especially trans-, saturated, rancid, oxidized, and also poly-unsaturated long Fatty Acids, each of which brings it own and increases cumulative risks.
I agree! If it had to be one or the other, then in most cases I would prefer to convince someone to switch to mono-unsaturated fats than to convince them to lower their overall fat intake.
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