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FAT & FIBRE TIPS

FAT TIPS:

Choose lower-fat foods from each of the four food groups in Food Guide to Healthy Eating.

Have chips, crackers, cookies, croissants, doughnuts and other baked goods and deep-fat fried foods which contain hydrogenated vegetable oils less often.

Enjoy vegetables without adding extra fat such as butter, margarine, cream sauces or salad dressing.

Try skim or 1% milk, low-fat yogurt ,or cottage cheese and lower-fat cheeses (less than 15% Milk Fat).

Choose leaner meat, poultry and fish. Trim excess fat from meat and remove skin from poultry. Buy canned fish packed in water instead of oil and reduced-fat deli meats, lean ham or turkey.

Try lower-fat ways of cooking foods such as baking, broiling, microwaving or using a non-stick frying pan. Increasing your intake of fibre is another very important dietary change for you to make. Certain types of fibre have been shown to help reduce fatty build-up on artery wails and to help lower blood cholesterol levels.

FIBRE TIPS:

Follow Food Guide to Healthy Eating and have 5-12 servings of Grain Products and 5-10 servings of Vegetables and Fruit each day.

Choose a variety of whole-grain breads and cereals made with wheat, oats or rye.

Eat more vegetables such as green peas, potatoes (with skin), corn, carrots, broccoli, tomatoes and dark yellow squash.

Enjoy a variety of fruit including apples, dried apricots, berries, pears, prunes, raisins and oranges.

Have baked beans, lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans or pinto beans more often.

Make meatless meals based on hearty grains, vegetables and beans, peas or lentils.

Exercise also increases HDL. Masai tribesman eat mainly milk and blood, but have very low cholesterol, high HDL.

Eskimos feast on blubber but also have low LDL, high HDL.