Brogli, Lane, Weaver, Alexander Animal Hospital has served the veterinary needs of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County since 1964. Our newly re-designed clinic allows us to provide state of the art medical and surgical care for dogs and cats.
1 Limiting the amount of saturated fats you eat to less than 7 percent of your total daily calories. 2  That means if you need about 2,000 calories a day, less than 140 calories (or 16 grams) should come from saturated fats.3  Limiting the amount of trans fats to less than 1 percent of your total daily calories. That means if you need about 2,000 calories a day, less than 140 calories (or 16 grams) should come from saturated fats. 2  Limiting the amount of trans fats to less than 1 percent of your total daily calories.
So if you're on a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, 400 to 700 calories can come from dietary fat, which translates to between 44 and 78 fat grams a day. The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends keeping saturated fat to less than 10 percent of calories a day. For a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, that's 200 calories or about 22 grams of saturated fat. Use the Nutrition Facts label to find out how much fat is in the foods you eat.