What dietary advice is appropriate for reducing fat intake?
a. Limit intake of all fried foods because they contain abundant fat.
b. Substitute crackers and cornbread for other starches because they are likely lower in fat.
c. Consume foods with more invisible fat because this type of fat is not absorbed well from the digestive tract.
d. Increase consumption of soups, such as cream-of-mushroom soup prepared with water, because the fat content is usually very low.
e. Increase dairy consumption while decreasing consumption of fats from other sources, because dairy fats do not contribute to disease.
Question 2
Of the total fat content of the most commonly eaten nuts in the United States, what is the approximate percentage of monounsaturated fat?
a. 29
b. 39
c. 49
d. 59
e. 69
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