Amount of cooking oil to consume in a day

• Posted by Nandini Devi March 6, 2015 - Filed in Health - ##Oil  ##Cooking oil  - 1,359 views

  Amount of cooking oil to consume in a day

  

  Oil is commonly used for the cooking and since we eat at least 3 meals in a day, we are likely to consume more than the recommended dose of oil. This makes it an essential to keep a tab on amount of oil we use for each meal. If you are one cooking the meals, you can easily make sure your family stays well in limits when it comes to consuming cooking oil.

  The daily recommended intake of cooking oil for an adult is about 20g which is about four teaspoons. This intake is same for both males and females. But the quantity differs depending on one’s health and fitness goals.

  If you or someone else in the family is on a weight loss diet, they should try and keep the quantity to less than three tsp oil per day. Similarly, if a person has any heart condition, then the oil intake further goes down. It should ideally be not more than 2 tsp per day.

  The recommended dose for kids is the slightly higher. It 5 tsp per day until the age of nine and then it reduces to 4.5 tsp per day.

  Now that you know the wanted intake per day, here are a few ways you can consume less oil every day.

   

  Tips to cut down on oil

   

  ‘The best way to cut down on oil intake is to change way you prepare food; for example instead of frying, try baking or steaming,’.

  ‘Try to get fat from good invisible sources like peanuts, avocados, olives, nuts, seeds like sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc.’

  Do not exceed oil consumption over 4 to 5 tsp in a day as that can lead to problems of the heart, etc. Worried which cooking oil you should use?

   

  Note : First visit your are family doctor for advise of oil consumption.