Does Patting Your Food Down With A Napkin Really Lower the Fat?

Question

When you have a pizza, or chicken nuggets or anything fried.. does patting it down with a napkin really work for getting excess fat out?

Answer 1

It just gets rid of the fat on top. It does nothing about the fat that's inside it.

Answer 2

No, it doesn't necessarily lower the fat, it might reduce the amount off the skin/top layer of your food. But there is still a lot of grease/oil/fat in the food

Answer 3

It only removes a small amount of fat but it does help, but more importantly it cuts out in a lot of the grease. For people like me with gastrointestinal issues that causes your stomach to be less upset after eating.
--Britt M

Answer 4

I do the same thing and people have told me that it cuts some fats but not a whole lot. What's important is you should burn the food you eat everyday in order to avoid turning it into fat.

Answer 5

If you're worried about eating fatty foods, then stay away from the items you listed!

And, no the napkin method doesn't work. It just makes you look like someone stupid who follows trendy pop culture.

Answer 6

It will help a little, it removes excess grease from the surface, but every little bit counts I suppose.

Answer 7

just the visible fat , it does nothing for the trans fats and saturated fats inside the meat.

Answer 8

Yes it does as the "fat" would be absorbed

Answer 9

That is one of my outs for eating pepperoni pizza. even if it doesn't at least let me think that it does.

Answer 10

nobut it lowers the amount of grease