31089 Healthy ways to reduce your fat intake
31089 Healthy ways to reduce your fat intake
The two quickest ways, mentioned earlier were cutting back on unhealthy fat by skimming off the fat from your gravies, soups, and stews and using skim milk in place of whole milk.
Next up on the fat reduction list; cooking smarter, using fewer yokes, and decreasing the use of butter and margarine in your recipes.
Cooking smarter
Do you really need that extra glob of butter on your eggs or that much margarine on your morning toast? Probably not, but it’s hard to give it up isn’t it? As with all things in life (except lifting weights and healthy exercise), moderation is the key.
Substitute the butter and margarine with a bit of vegetable oil, nonstick spray, or olive oil lightly smeared on the pan. Another option is to use the nonstick Teflon pans. Substituting other ingredients for butter or margarine may take some getting used to but the new flavors offer a new taste sensation. For example, use apple, plum, apricot, peach, or any other fruit butter on your toast or bread. When baking unsweetened applesauce, prune puree can sometimes be substituted for half the called for amount of butter, oil or shortening in the recipe
Bake, broil, grill, poach, or steam instead of frying. When you poach your egg, stir the hot water in a circle so the egg centers in the middle and stays together while it poaches its little heart away. Speaking of eggs the yoke contains the most fat and cholesterol so leaving out a few yokes in your omelet may be in your best interest. There are some high quality egg substitutes on the market. Try a few and see which ones you can tolerate.
As you grill or broil your meat, keep it on a rack so the fat drips off and makes a mess (or catches on fire) but at least it’s not going into your stomach. You may want to put something under it to keep either of the aforementioned things from happening.
After your grill is fired up and everything is cooking to perfection, or burning up, it’s time to make a good tasting salad filled with your favorite vegetables.
However, that will have to wait until next time when the super high red-hot heat, burn it and get it done quickly chef from explosivelyfit strength training shares more dietary fat reduction ideas. Adding a nice dressing to your summer salad is a matter of picking out a fat free dressing. A few ideas here can save you many unnecessary fat calories.