# Saturated Fat Intake

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/saturated-fat-intake/2454>\
**Category:** Nutrition Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/saturated-fat-intake/2454 "2018-06-25T16:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigRed1996](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@BigRed1996](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/BigRed1996)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/saturated-fat-intake/2454/1 "2018-06-25T16:39:41Z")

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I’ve heard for men consuming over 30g of saturated fat isn’t good and that you should ideally shoot for less than 30 but I am wondering is there any benefit to going really low (\<15) in regard to a person’s cholesterol score? My LDL is perfectly fine at 75 but I’m wondering if I’d be similar eating 25-30g a day rather than 15.

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/saturated-fat-intake/2454/2 "2018-06-28T15:21:39Z")

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BigRed,

Thanks for the post and welcome to the forum. Glad to have you here.

May I ask where you heard that 30g of saturated fat is no good?

Right now the guidelines are suggesting that 10% of daily calories be derived from saturated fat, max. For a 3000kcal/day diet that’s 300 calories, which would be about 33g. I don’t think there’s evidence that \<15g sat fat makes a significant difference compared to, say, 20g- especially in the context of a given fat intake.

As far as the LDL of 75 being perfectly fine, that depends on context. Some evidence would suggest a lower LDL score would benefit you (even lowered to 15 or so), but I can’t say from here.