This is a significant change in wording from previous guidelines with greater emphasis on reducing saturated fat and cholesterol and less emphasis on total fat.
Fast food is a big contributor to total calories, saturated fat, and trans fatty acids.
At home, liquid oils rather than shortening or solid fats may help to control blood cholesterol levels. But many studies have shown dietary cholesterol has little impact on risk of heart disease for most people. There is less emphasis on fat because Mediterranean diets have more fat than those in the U.S., but people living there have less heart disease. Now when nutrition news gets confusing, there IS a place to go to get the real story. Our FREE daily email newsletter, Nutrition News Focus, helps you make sense of it all.