Nutrition labels and good fats?

    Hi everyone (first post by the way )

I'm getting ready to start my first run at Optimum Anabolics and there are just some questions I can't seem to answer myself.

I need to have +/- 130 grams of fat combined in my 5 meals besides the after-workout shake. So that's just about 26 grams /meal if I break them up evenly. The biggest question I have is how to tell if fats are good fats. A list in the program shows the breakdown between fats and the oils / sources, but i'm still unsure.

For example, a peanut butter label I pulled from the internet:

Total fat 16 g
  Saturated fat 3 g

So 3 of the 16 is saturated fat, but where does that leave the remainder?

the remainder is unsaturated fat, mono or poly unsaturated ('good fats'), or trans fat (the worst fats) but now they have to include trans in the breakdown, although if its under .5g they can report none, so check ingredients for partially hydrogenated oils, then there is trans fat but .5g or under per serving...avoid trans fat
 
a lot of labels tell uhow much of mono and poly unsaturated fats there are as well, if not then itll just be the total fat-saturated-trans = unsaturated

bulking/strength training

soon to begin bill starr's 5X5

current maxes: 
squats: 255
deadlifts: 300
bench: 185
oh press: 125
goals for jan 1:
squats: 300
deadlifts: 350
bench: 210
oh pressL 145 

That clears things up alot.

Now one more thing, and I hope this makes some sort of sense haha. If I was say eating a bowl of pasta with tuna, that met the carbs and protein requirement for my meal, would the necessary servings of an oil like canola to contain 26g of fat satisfy the fat requirements if I just mixed that in?

yeah as long as u matched the serving size to ur requirement.. but i would go for olive oil instead of canola.. but to answer your question, yes

It is not the years in your life, but the life in your years.

are u seriuos that they can say 0 if theres < 0.5

do they do that?
in canada i see 0.1g everywhere

Make sure your eating natural PB.

Dude is that an Oreo cookie in your ear? Whooa what is that? I think you need to get to a doctor about whatever that is.
 
WD

Team Keine Ausreden
47 yrs young

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are u seriuos that they can say 0 if theres < 0.5

do they do that?
in canada i see 0.1g everywhere

 
for trans fat in the us yeah, they can say 0 if its under 0.5...thanks to rounding i suppose haha?...i guess all they would need to do is cut a serving size down so the trans fat decreases per serving than market it as 0 trans fat...sketchy

bulking/strength training

soon to begin bill starr's 5X5

current maxes: 
squats: 255
deadlifts: 300
bench: 185
oh press: 125
goals for jan 1:
squats: 300
deadlifts: 350
bench: 210
oh pressL 145 

if it says trans fat......0grams that means there is still trans fat in the product but less then .5grams per serving, they can;t exclude the trans fat figure.

ORIGINAL: Wetdawg

Dude is that an Oreo cookie in your ear? Whooa what is that? I think you need to get to a doctor about whatever that is.

WD

hahah that would be my plugs. They're like 2 inch plates that i've stretched in my ear from a normal piercing.

ORIGINAL: Matty HeavyHands

ORIGINAL: Wetdawg

Dude is that an Oreo cookie in your ear? Whooa what is that? I think you need to get to a doctor about whatever that is.

WD

hahah that would be my plugs. They're like 2 inch plates that i've stretched in my ear from a normal piercing.

lol ive always wanted to ask someone why...

Jesus.. I just noticed...Anybody got any milk?????JK.. )
 
 

ORIGINAL: Matty HeavyHands

ORIGINAL: Wetdawg

Dude is that an Oreo cookie in your ear? Whooa what is that? I think you need to get to a doctor about whatever that is.

WD

hahah that would be my plugs. They're like 2 inch plates that i've stretched in my ear from a normal piercing.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing

 

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

ORIGINAL: Matty HeavyHands

ORIGINAL: Wetdawg

Dude is that an Oreo cookie in your ear? Whooa what is that? I think you need to get to a doctor about whatever that is.

WD

hahah that would be my plugs. They're like 2 inch plates that i've stretched in my ear from a normal piercing.

lol ive always wanted to ask someone why...

ORIGINAL: RollingStone

ORIGINAL: Matty HeavyHands

ORIGINAL: Wetdawg

Dude is that an Oreo cookie in your ear? Whooa what is that? I think you need to get to a doctor about whatever that is.

WD

hahah that would be my plugs. They're like 2 inch plates that i've stretched in my ear from a normal piercing.

lol ive always wanted to ask someone why...

Posting from my phone and I'm pretty sure its posting blank quotes..? o_o

All I have to say about my ears is "why not?" haha. You only live once. I'm very into body modification. I also have my cheeks pierced and my fair share of tattoos.

Obviously NOT CEO material. Burgers and fries anyone?
 
WD

Team Keine Ausreden
47 yrs young

Registered nurse material actually haha, no burgers and fries for me.

One more fat question:

Should I try and balance different kinds of fats? Or if possible should I shoot for as many polyunsaturated as I can?