🍎 Today’s Health Tip ~ Eating Healthy Without Dieting

Eating healthy can be easy, affordable and delicious. It’s all about making smart choices to build an overall healthy dietary pattern. A healthy diet can help reduce your risk of heart disease, stroke and lots of other things you’d rather avoid. Here are some tips to help you and your family adopt a healthier eating style:

INCLUDE

• Fruits and vegetables
• Whole grains
• Beans and legumes
• Nuts and seeds
• Fish (preferably oily fish with  omega-3 fatty acids)
• Skinless poultry and lean animal proteins
• Plant-based proteins

LIMIT

• Sweetened drinks
• Sodium and salty foods
• Saturated fats and dietary cholesterol
• Fatty or processed red meats – if you choose to eat meat, select leaner cuts
• Refined carbohydrates like added sugars and processed grain foods
• Full-fat dairy products
• Tropical oils such as coconut and palm oil

AVOID

• Trans fat and partially hydrogenated oils – found in some commercially baked and fried foods

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