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.
Salt is in fact sodium chloride and is a necessary mineral for a healthy human body. The fact that salt is made up of sodium chloride can actually make food labels quite confusing. This is because sometimes the labels will only give the amount of sodium in the food and not the amount of salt.