When embarking on a fitness plan, whether it be for a particular activity or increasing muscle, such as body building, it is vital to address your diet. Although many sports diet programs look at and give advice about particular foods like high protein foods, it is important to eat healthily.
It is particularly important even for those dieting, on a weight loss program. A lot of diets for sports are not always the healthy ones. Fat intake is a particularly important area. The following provides tips and advice on which foods to buy and how to cook them in the best way to reduce fat intake:
Particular foods to buy:
Find out if there are alternatives to the food you normally buy by checking the labels and choosing low saturated fat ones.
If you are buying poultry such as chicken or turkey, buy it without the skin on.
Lower fat content foods often come in fish or vegetarian alternatives.
Choose low fat varieties of dairy foods, such as semi-skimmed milk and low-fat yoghurts.
If you are buying a pie, buy one with only one crust at the top.
Checking the cut of meat and the visible fat content will help reduce the fat level. Look out for lower fat alternatives of meat such as lean mince meat. Also check the amount of fat on a cut of meat and choose the one with the lowest fat amount.
Low fat food preparation:
Unsaturated oil are a much healthier alternative to saturated oils. The most popular unsaturated oils are rapeseed, olive and sunflower oils. These are a good alternative to lard, butter and ghee.
Grill your meat instead of frying it. The fat is allowed to run away off the meat when grilling. Removing the fat from the meat before cooking will lower the fat content.
Using a non-stick pan will allow you to avoid using oil or fat altogether.
Using low fat spreads when making foods such as mashed potatoes is a much healthier alternative.
If you are on a fitness regime then more healthy alternatives can often be substituted. Adding all these small bits of advice together can amount to large differences in your diet which can significantly lower your fat intake. A number of small changes, regularly can soon add up to big changes.
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When embarking on a fitness plan, whether it be for a particular activity or increasing muscle, such as body building, it is vital to address your diet. Although many sports diet programs look at and give advice about particular foods like high protein foods, it is important to eat healthily.
It is particularly important even for those dieting, on a weight loss program. A lot of diets for sports are not always the healthy ones. Fat intake is a particularly important area. The following provides tips and advice on which foods to buy and how to cook them in the best way to reduce fat intake:
Particular foods to buy:
Find out if there are alternatives to the food you normally buy by checking the labels and choosing low saturated fat ones.
If you are buying poultry such as chicken or turkey, buy it without the skin on.
Lower fat content foods often come in fish or vegetarian alternatives.
Choose low fat varieties of dairy foods, such as semi-skimmed milk and low-fat yoghurts.
If you are buying a pie, buy one with only one crust at the top.
Checking the cut of meat and the visible fat content will help reduce the fat level. Look out for lower fat alternatives of meat such as lean mince meat. Also check the amount of fat on a cut of meat and choose the one with the lowest fat amount.
Low fat food preparation:
Unsaturated oil are a much healthier alternative to saturated oils. The most popular unsaturated oils are rapeseed, olive and sunflower oils. These are a good alternative to lard, butter and ghee.
Grill your meat instead of frying it. The fat is allowed to run away off the meat when grilling. Removing the fat from the meat before cooking will lower the fat content.
Using a non-stick pan will allow you to avoid using oil or fat altogether.
Using low fat spreads when making foods such as mashed potatoes is a much healthier alternative.
If you are on a fitness regime then more healthy alternatives can often be substituted. Adding all these small bits of advice together can amount to large differences in your diet which can significantly lower your fat intake. A number of small changes, regularly can soon add up to big changes.
When embarking on a fitness plan, whether it be for a particular activity or increasing muscle, such as body building, it is vital to address your diet. Although many sports diet programs look at and give advice about particular foods like high protein foods, it is important to eat healthily.
It is particularly important even for those dieting, on a weight loss program. A lot of diets for sports are not always the healthy ones. Fat intake is a particularly important area. The following provides tips and advice on which foods to buy and how to cook them in the best way to reduce fat intake:
Particular foods to buy:
Find out if there are alternatives to the food you normally buy by checking the labels and choosing low saturated fat ones.
If you are buying poultry such as chicken or turkey, buy it without the skin on.
Lower fat content foods often come in fish or vegetarian alternatives.
Choose low fat varieties of dairy foods, such as semi-skimmed milk and low-fat yoghurts.
If you are buying a pie, buy one with only one crust at the top.
Checking the cut of meat and the visible fat content will help reduce the fat level. Look out for lower fat alternatives of meat such as lean mince meat. Also check the amount of fat on a cut of meat and choose the one with the lowest fat amount.
Low fat food preparation:
Unsaturated oil are a much healthier alternative to saturated oils. The most popular unsaturated oils are rapeseed, olive and sunflower oils. These are a good alternative to lard, butter and ghee.
Grill your meat instead of frying it. The fat is allowed to run away off the meat when grilling. Removing the fat from the meat before cooking will lower the fat content.
Using a non-stick pan will allow you to avoid using oil or fat altogether.
Using low fat spreads when making foods such as mashed potatoes is a much healthier alternative.
If you are on a fitness regime then more healthy alternatives can often be substituted. Adding all these small bits of advice together can amount to large differences in your diet which can significantly lower your fat intake. A number of small changes, regularly can soon add up to big changes.