Nutrition - What makes a healthy diet?

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For a healthy diet, one should:

• Eat more fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables are naturally low in fat, are filling, and can help reduce cravings for higher fat snacks and treats.
• Use low-fat or nonfat milk and milk products. Milk, yogurt, cheese, and frozen desserts made from low-fat or nonfat milk will help to reduce the intake of fat.
• Eat lean meats that are baked, broiled, boiled or grilled instead of fried.
  

  Choose these more often:	Choose these less often:
  Tuna packed in water	Tuna in oil
  Baked fish and steamed seafood	Fried fish and seafood
  White meat chicken and turkey	Dark meat chicken and turkey
  Low-fat hot dogs	Regular hot dogs
  Turkey or lean ham	Bologna or salami lunchmeats
  Canadian bacon or lean ham	Bacon
  Turkey or low-fat sausage	Regular sausage
  Lean ground beef	Regular ground beef

• Try lower fat versions of some high-fat favorites:
  

  Try:	Instead of:
  Low-fat frozen yogurt	ice cream
  Low-fat salad dressing	regular salad dressing
  Low-fat mayonnaise	mayonnaise
  Baked tortilla chips	fried tortilla chips

  

  Flavored rice cakes	high-fat crackers
  Low-fat cream cheese	cream cheese
  Low-fat fruit yogurt	regular yogurt

• Add less fat to foods. Mayonnaise, butter, cream cheese, gravy and salad dressings can add a hefty amount of fat to a meal. Try to use less of these products or find a replacement (mustard instead of mayo, jam instead of butter, etc.) or try the low-fat version to cut back on fat.