S
Slowhand
Guest
Hi all,
I have a newbie question for you (I am an economist,
and have nothing more than a novice's knowledge of
basic nutrition, so apologies for my ignorance!). I am
hoping one of you gurus can help me out.
I am working with a database from a dietary survey.
It lists grams of food consumed by individuals and
for each food item, and also provides the total fat content
per gram of the food, total saturated fat content,
total mono and poly unsaturated fat content, etc.
Problem is, it does not provide direct information on
trans fat content per gram of the food, and I am
interested in knowing this. Would it make
sense for me to infer the trans fat content as:
total fat - (saturated fat + monounsaturated +
polyunsaturated)? Or is there some complication
that blows this out of the water?
I would much appreciate any insights.
Thanks in advance.
I have a newbie question for you (I am an economist,
and have nothing more than a novice's knowledge of
basic nutrition, so apologies for my ignorance!). I am
hoping one of you gurus can help me out.
I am working with a database from a dietary survey.
It lists grams of food consumed by individuals and
for each food item, and also provides the total fat content
per gram of the food, total saturated fat content,
total mono and poly unsaturated fat content, etc.
Problem is, it does not provide direct information on
trans fat content per gram of the food, and I am
interested in knowing this. Would it make
sense for me to infer the trans fat content as:
total fat - (saturated fat + monounsaturated +
polyunsaturated)? Or is there some complication
that blows this out of the water?
I would much appreciate any insights.
Thanks in advance.