Reduce Your Fat and Cholesterol Now

So we all know to reduce our saturated fat and cholesterol intake. But that means throwing out everything in the fridge and starting completely over, right?
Not really. Eating healthy is easier said than done, as these substances can easily sneak up on you and before you know it, you’re overdoing it..
Use the guidelines below to help you determine the small changes you can make to “healthy up” your daily eating habits.

Fruits and vegetables

Decrease this: fruits and veggies prepared in butter or sauces or canned in heavy syrup.
Increase this: fresh and frozen produce. If it’s canned, select the kind stored in its own juices.

Breads and cereals

Decrease this: bread with eggs as a major ingredient, commercially baked pies, cakes, doughnuts, etc.
Increase this: whole grain breads and cereals, brown rice, low fat baked products, and homemade baked goods containing minimal unsaturated oils.

Fats and oils

Decrease this: butter, coconut oil, lard, bacon fat, coconut, and dressings made with egg yolks.
Increase this: unsaturated vegetable oils like olive, sesame, soybean oils, flax oils, regular or diet margarine, low fat mayonnaise and salad dressings, seeds and nuts, baking cocoa.

Fish poultry, meat and vegetable protein

Decrease this: fatty cuts of meat, cold cuts, sausage, hot dogs, bacon sardines, and beans prepared with lard.
Increase this: fish, poultry without skin, lean meats, and vegetable proteins like beans and tofu.

Dairy products

Decrease this: whole milk, imitation milk products, whipped toppings, whole milk yogurt and cottage cheese, sour cream, and ice cream.
Increase this: skim or 1% milk, low fat buttermilk, nonfat or low fat yogurt and cottage cheese, sherbet, nonfat ice cream or frozen yogurt.

Eggs