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Article: Ways to consume less fat: foods that do the job.
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- Environmental Nutrition
- Article date:
- March 1, 1989
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Ways to Consume Less Fat: Foods that Do the Job
Cutting fat out of the American diet has seemingly emerged atop the agenda of America's national concerns. The American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute believe cutting fat intake lowers cancer risk. The American Heart Association says reducing dietary fat is an important step toward lowering heart disease risk. Now the U.S. Department of Agriculture says that fat calories are actually more fattening that carbohydrate calories.
Experts believe a person reaps the most health benefits from diets containing less than 30% of their calories as fat. Some experts believe that 20% would be even ...