Ways to Eat Healthy This Year

Posted by Renee Shelton Jan 12, 2009

Tips for Eating Healthy: From the article 6 Tips for Eating Healthy

• Read nutrition labels and ingredient lists on food packages
• Limit your intake of processed foods
• Plan menus for making meals at home
• Broil and bake instead of fry
• Go whole-grain instead of white
• Watch portion sizes

Tips on Eating More Fruits and Vegetables: From the article: 5 Tips for Eating More Fruits and Vegetables

• Offer fruits and vegetables for snacks
• Try organic foods for the most popular fruits and vegetables at home
• Go fresh or frozen instead of canned
• Add fruits and vegetables to recipes
• Grow your own at home (they will always be available)

Looking to Lower Cholesterol? Try a non-dairy milk for breakfast cereals, drinking and baking. Read the resource product guide list of choices that include milk made from:

• Soy
• Brown rice
• Oats and grains
• Almonds, cashews and other nuts
• Hemp and other seeds

Know the Differences Between Fats: Know which fats are the good fats and which are the bad ones.

The fat types include these:

• Saturated
• Unsaturated (poly- and monounsaturated)
• Trans fats
• Dietary Cholesterol