Calculating Fattiness

Well, here I am folks. The obsessed health food hypocrite. I eat all kinds of things that I shouldn't but I am obsessed with trying. Therefore, I will share with you some of the things I have learned and hope it helps us all...including myself.

Here is how you calculate if something is High in fat, moderately high in fat or low fat:

# Calories from fat/total calories X 100 = % Calories from fat

Looks harder than it really is. Here is an example: my brownies say that there is 170 calories and 70 calories from fat. Here we go:

70/170 = .4116 so I times that by 100 and get 41.16

So now what does that mean:

High fat: > 35%
Moderately high fat: 25-35%
Low fat: <25%

That means my brownies are high in fat! I use this at the store EVERY time. It is easy once you try. All you really have to do is divide calories from fat into calories.

I learned this from my nutrition class in college. I didn't just make it up I promise.

Melanie Smoot