For example if a 300-calorie food has 60 calories from fat divide 60 by 300 and then multiply by 100. Heres how to figure out the percentage of calories from saturated fat. The Body Fat Calculator can be used to estimate your total body fat based on specific measurements.
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However calculating calories from fat is a very straight forward process. A common rule is to only eat foods that are less than 30 fat. Grams of saturated fat multiplied by 9 calories per gram divided by total calories multiplied by 100 equals the percentage of calories from saturated fat Each gram of fat no matter which type of fat it is has 9 calories. When it comes to calories and fat in foods all those numbers can appear overwhelming at first.