Fat in greens (and others)

anngoingraw

I was making a research looking for information on fat and oxygen intake (due to a post of gorawmom about that issue in “Feed the monster” thread) when I have read a pianissima’s post in “80/10/10 and how I feel about it…” talking about greens (among other things), and it has ocurred to me (don’t know very well how) to check nutritiondata. I get surprising results (at least for me). My aim is to eat raw, so i’m not worried about fat, perhaps i will be later when i achieve my objective, but not at this moment. Anyway, that doesn’t mean that i don’t want to know things about healthy eating, fat included.

From nutritiondata:

Chrysanthemum leaves, raw 20% fat

Seaweed, spirulina, dried 22% fat

Peppers, jalapeno, raw 17% fat

Parsley, raw 18% fat

Horseradish-tree leafy tips, raw 18% fat

Coriander (cilantro) leaves, raw 19% fat

Arugula, raw 22% fat

Radish seeds, sprouted, raw 49% fat (!!!!)

Tomatillos, raw 27% fat

Alfalfa seeds, sprouted, raw 25% fat

Pumpkin leaves, raw 18% fat

intheraw13

Just so you know… Those nutritional percentages are only percentages of the calorie content, not the actual weight. Of course such very-low-calorie greens and herbs would be have a higher percent of calories from fat. One gram of fat in a serving would probably be 60% of the calories in a cup of spinach! No need to start a moratorium on greens… :]

anngoingraw

sorry, i did not pretend to start a moratorium. In fact, what i have been thinking after looking to those results is that if some greens have relative high percentage of fat, then wold be bad FOR ME to follow a diet with for example 25% fat? As I have said in my first post i’m not worried about my fat intake since my aim is to eat raw. I’m trying to understand the role of fat in a diet, i have read here things on 811, or about fat and oxygen (as i have said) and i’m just wondering what’s happen with fat. It has been a big surprise (for me) to find out that there are greens (quoted the first post and others like basil or thyme) that have a high percentage of fat. Just that.

anngoingraw

repeated post, sorry

anngoingraw

sorry if it sounds like i was making a contrary point, perhaps i have had to link to the threads mentioned not just quoted. Here they are:

http://goneraw.com/forums/3/topics/6242 (Feed the monster)

http://goneraw.com/forums/3/topics/6266 (80/10/10 and how I feel about it… )

I want to clarify that i’ve nothing against greens. i eat them!