What we must do, however, is to stop calling these products saturated fats. The main macronutrient in the meat products analysed above is fat (primarily unsaturated fat), followed by carbohydrate and with protein a long way behind. Ice cream and the entire categories E, F and G are all primarily carbohydrates. The main fat in foods in categories E, F and G is invariably unsaturated fat. We can agree that they should be avoided/cut out altogether, but we need to advise this for the right reason. If there is any real meat, real egg, real milk etc in any of the above products, it will be the
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