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Health Tip of the Day
How to Cut Back on Saturated Fats
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Cook with polyunsaturated and monounsaturated oils.
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Avoid foods high in saturated fats such as beef, lamb, mutton, dark-meat poultry and poultry skin, butter and other whole-milk dairy products.
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Read food labels on processed foods, especially those on chips, cookies and crackers. These foods often are made with highly saturated tropical oils, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oils.
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Trim visible fat from meat before cooking. Remove the skin from chicken, turkey and duck before eating.
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Cook the leanest cuts of meat.
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Eat at least two meatless or low-meat meals a week.
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Snack on fruits, carrot sticks, air-popped popcorn and low-fat crackers instead of chips and other high-fat snacks.