-  saturated fat in particular is not good for you and contributes to heart disease

- fat is an essential part of the diet that provides your body with energy for daily activity and helps supply vitamins a,d, and e

- moderation is more important than elimination when it comes to reducing fat for weight loss

- there are three kinds of fat = monounsaturated polyunsaturated and saturated

- unsaturated fats are found in nuts, seeds, vegetable oil products etc

- saturated fats are found in many meat and dairy products and these are the artery clogging fats

- certain vegetable oils contain lots of saturated fats so choose carefully and check labeling

- reducing fat also helps reduce cholesterol and improves heart health

--tips for reducing fat

- use nonfat salad dressing and herbs for your salad, fat can sneak up on you in condiments and relishes

- instead of frying food in butter or oil try using broth, tomato juice, or even wine  cooking this way also adds a great deal of flavor

- bake, don’t fry

- use egg whites instead of whole eggs in your cooking

- avoid fast food or drive thru food

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Divamom6
Jun. 14, 2009 at 12:27 AM

Keeping a Good Watch on my Fat intake, doing lot's of Walking,
Drinking lots of water!!!  losing weight for sure !!!
Yayyy!!! it's amazing how those pounds just inch up.

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