Q: Mike, can you please tell me what a good monounsaturated to polyunsaturated fat ratio is?
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A: I don't have a strict ratio, but the main bulk of your fat intake should be in monounsaturated fats. You will almost always get some saturated fats, especially if you eat animal products, and that's fine too. For polyunsaturated fats, try to get more of omega-3 polyunsaturated because almost any diet will already include sufficient amounts of omega-6 polyunsaturated.

So if I had to put numbers on it, I'd say 40-50% monounsaturated, 10-15% omega-3 polyunsaturated, and the rest a mix of saturated and omega-6 polyunsaturated. But I wouldn't worry about exact numbers, but rather about general trends.

Good sources of monounsaturated fats are extra virgin olive oil, avocados, and almonds. Many other foods have monounsaturated fats in smaller amounts. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fats are a little harder to come by -- fatty fish like salmon and flax seed are among the few foods that have it.