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I thought I was making healthy choices by eating at home instead of in restaurants, but I guess that all depends on how I prepare my foods. For instance, I like to grill meats and vegetables in butter and put lots of dressing on my salads. That obviously doesn’t help my waistline, so I have to make a concerted effort to change to Low Fat Cooking methods. Once I do so, I know butter and other high-fat, high-calorie items will be banished from my kitchen for good. But I’m willing to accept that and use low fat cooking methods to help keep my weight, cholesterol, and blood pressure in check.

A way to reduce your intake of saturated fats is to substitute olive oil or sunflower oil for butter and tropical oils in low fat cooking. Although these oils have as many calories as saturated oils, they have a different effect on how cholesterol is broken down in your body – a major factor in heart disease.

If people find it difficult to exclude meat from their lives, using Low Fat Cooking techniques can help to promote the removal of fat. A meat-based sauce or stew, for instance, can be cooked a day ahead and stored overnight in the refrigerator, to allow the fat to rise to the top of the dish and solidify for easy removal. Using more vegetables in stews can also help to reduce the amount of fat in the overall dish.

Having a balanced diet with ample amount of exercise can change your life significantly. The old American diet of roasted meat and potatoes is being gradually replaced by Low Fat Cooking cooking rich in vitamins and unsaturated fats. It seems that people are living longer than they ever have, and this is largely due to our advances in medicine and our emerging knowledge of what we eat and how it affects our bodies.

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