Recommended daily saturated fat intake in grams

The amount of fat you should eat daily can depend on your total calorie intake.

How much fat per day for a man

Certain fats may help support weight loss and maintenance.

Fat is an important part of your diet, but figuring out how much to eat can be confusing.

Over the last 50 years, many people have moved from a moderate-fat to a low-fat diet based on recommendations from health organizations.

However, the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans no longer specify an upper limit for how much total fat you should consume.

This article looks at different types of fat and suggests how much to eat daily.

What is fat?

Along with protein and carbs, fat is one of the three macronutrients in your diet.

You consume fat in the form of triglycerides.

A triglyceride molecule consists of three fatty acids attached to a glycerol backbone. The fatty acids contain chains of carbons and hydrogens.

One way to classify fats is by the length of their carbon chains:

• short-chain fatty acids: fewer than 6 carbons
• medium-chain fatty acids: 6–12 carbons
• long-chain fatty acids: 13–21 carbons
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