The truth about fats: the good, the bad, and the in-between. Essential fats like polyunsaturated fat lower LDL and triglycerides, boost cholesterol profile. For years, fat was a four-letter word. We were urged to banish it from our diets whenever possible. We switched to low-fat foods. But the shift didn't makeâ¦
A single serving of saltines (5 crackers) contains 70 calories, 12 carbohydrates and one gram of protein. Some brands of saltines (and other crackers) are made with partially hydrogenated oils or trans fat. Health experts recommend that you reduce or eliminate your intake of trans fat.
Therefore, for every gram of butter, there are 8mg of sodium. Knowing that very few of us measure things in milligrams, I applied some super tricky math (with lots of decimal points) and calculated some approximations for those times when you donât have salted butter on hand. 1  1 lb of butter contains 1.5 tsp salt.