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Should I be concerned about the amount of fat in my diet?

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Elizabeth B. Rahavi, RD
Program Manager, Nutrition
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<font><span>Since she was in high school preparing replicas of her favorite restaurant meals at home, Elizabeth B. Rahavi, RD, has enjoyed eating and learning about food. In college at Texas Woman's University she turned her passion for food into a career by achieving a B.S. in Nutrition and Institutional Administration. Elizabeth moved to Washington, DC and successfully completed a professional dietetic internship with Sodexho. In December of 2004, she became a registered dietitian and is now an active member of the American Dietetic Association and the Institute of Food Technologists. Elizabeth is currently employed at the International Food Information Council (www.ific.org) where she monitors and analyzes nutrition information in the media and tracks trends in coverage.  She also authors and co-develops nutrition materials that are used to educate health professionals, scientists, and others about the barriers and motivators that play a role in helping people achieve more healthful lifestyles. Elizabeth is an accomplished public speaker and presenter, having presented nutrition information to US and International audiences. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys being outdoors and recently completed her first marathon.
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Should I be concerned about the amount of fat in my diet?

 

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Host: Should I be concerned about the amount of fat in my diet?

Elizabeth Rahavi: Because fat has a higher concentration of calories, foods that contain fat also are higher in calories. So it is important to be aware of foods that have fats in them because they are more likely to be higher in calories. You can reduce the frequency of foods that contain fat, or watch the portion size of foods that contain fats, in order to reduce the amount of calories in your overall diet. When we are talking about making these kinds of changes, if you would eliminate fat in your diet you would be likely to, one, be giving yourself some health risks because some fats are essential. But then, two, over a long period you will less likely to be able to stick with a diet like fat because removing foods that have fats which you likely enjoy eating will make you feel deprived of things that you have lost.

So a good example of way to moderate foods that have fats is try having a single scoop of ice cream instead of a double.

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