Dietary Reference Intake Saturated Fat

This opinion of the efsa panel on dietetic products nutrition and allergies nda deals with the setting of dietary reference values drvs for fats.

Dietary reference intake saturated fat. These documents are issued by the food and nutrition board of the institute of medicine national academy of sciences the food and nutrition board addresses issues of safety quality and adequacy of the food supply. 3g of fat or less per 100g. The multi ethnic study of atherosclerosis the american journal of clinical nutrition volume 96 issue 2 august 2012.

That is about 44 grams to 77 grams of fat per day if you eat 2 000 calories a day. And renders authoritative judgments on the relationships among food intake nutrition and health. A lower bound of the reference intake range for total fat of 20 energy e and an upper bound of 35 e are proposed.

Recommended dietary reference intakes nutritional goals and dietary guidelines for fat and fatty acids. More than 17 5g of fat per 100g low in fat. A systematic review javier aranceta1 2 and carmen pe rez rodrigo2 1department of preventive medicine and public health university of navarra pamplona spain 2community nutrition unit bilbao department of public health ugalde 7 48012 bilbao spain.

What is the dietary reference intake for fat and saturated fat. Total fat and fatty acids by life stage group dri values g day a linolenic acid ai total fat aia linoleic acid ai life stage group males and female 0 through 6 mo 31 4 4 0 5 7 through 12 mo 30 4 6 0 5 ndb 1 through 3 y 7 0 7 4 through 8 y nd 10 0 9 males 9 through 13 y nd 12 1 2 14 through 18. This information is sometimes also written on the label as a percentage of the reference intake or ri.

Although difficulties in nutrition research and formulating guidelines fuel ongoing debate the complexities of dietary fats and overall diet are becoming better understood argue nita g forouhi and colleagues in past decades dietary guidance has almost universally advocated reducing the intake of total and saturated fat with the emphasis shifting more recently from total fat to the. The decision to focus on the role of saturated fat in the diet and on lipid metabolism is reasonable given the cost of cholesterol related diseases in the population. Table 1 dietary reference intakes for dietary fat.

Establishes principles and guidelines of adequate dietary intake. Marcia c de oliveira otto dariush mozaffarian daan kromhout alain g bertoni christopher t sibley david r jacobs jr jennifer a nettleton dietary intake of saturated fat by food source and incident cardiovascular disease. However the evidence that dietary saturated fats generally increase blood cholesterol concentrations is the basis for recommendations to decrease the intake of saturated fats 2 3.