Reduce Fat Intake
is Good Heart Health

When you reduce fat intake, the end result is a healthier, more active lifestyle...and not to forget - it's great for your heart health! So, let's learn how to reduce fat in our meals and turn mealtime into healthy eating time.

First off...

• fat is an essential part of the diet
• it provides your body with energy for daily activity
• and, it also helps supply you with vitamins a,d, and e.

But hang on...don't get in your car and drive to your favorite fast food "drive-thru"!

Fat is also...NOT good for you, particularly SATURATED fats

...because:

• it contributes to heart disease not heart health
• they are the artery clogging fats (saturated fats are found in many meat and dairy products)
• when you cook with certain vegetable oils they contain lots of saturated fats (so you must choose carefully - check the labeling)

So you're asking...what are all these "fats" called? Here's a simple layout of the three kinds of fats:

1. Monounsaturated: found in canola, olive, and peanut oils (has the greatest abundance)
2. Polyunsaturated: found in vegetable oils
3. Saturated: found in many animal products and tropical oils

...just click here to go to a page of information that explains these fats in plain english.

Did your know (finally some good news):

• Moderation is more important than elimination (when it comes to reducing fat for weight loss).
  
• Reducing fat also - helps reduce the cholesterol and it also improves heart health!

Here are some TIPS to reduce fat intake:

• use nonfat salad dressing and herbs for your salad (that fat can sneak up on you...hiding in condiments and relishes)

• instead of frying food in butter or oil try using broth, tomato juice, or even wine when cooking (adds a great deal of flavor to your meal)

• this one is easy - bake--don't fry

• use egg whites instead of whole eggs

• and last but not least (like I said before)...avoid the fast food / drive thru food

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