How much fats to eat?

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I have been contemplating the type of oil and how much oil to take for meeting

fat

needs.

The below seems to find that very low levels of fats are all that are required.

The

cost certainly does stack up well in favor of canola, also called rapeseed, oil.

I find little of taste benefit of fat in my diet. It is said that a high-fat

diet

is a CR crutch, but, for me, my CR level requires no prop. Carbohydrate in the

form

of popcorn is a chronically favored method to confine my calories to low levels.

See the not pdf-available below paper.

Darmon N, Darmon M, Ferguson E.

Identification of nutritionally adequate mixtures of vegetable oils by linear

programming.

J Hum Nutr Diet. 2006 Feb;19(1):59-69.

PMID: 16448476

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=16448476 & query_hl=36 & itool=pubmed_docsum

.... The cheapest mixture (0.97 euro L(-1)) that solved the oil models contained

81%

rapeseed and 19% sunflower oils. About 10-15 g of this mixture, alone or with

olive,

soya bean, wheat germ or walnut oils, also solved the meal models. Mixtures that

contained a high proportion (>/=50%) of the tasty olive and walnut oils also

solved

the models but were more expensive (4.9 euro L(-1) and 8.5 euro L(-1),

respectively). Conclusions The consumption of a mixture composed of rapeseed and

sunflower oils in a 4 : 1 proportion is an inexpensive and simple way to meet

current dietary recommendations for essential fatty acids and vitamin E,

favouring

overall dietary nutrient adequacy.

http://www.scientificpsychic.com/fitness/fattyacids1.html

-- Al Pater, alpater@...

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