- Choose fat-free or low-fat milk and dairy products.
- Choose lean meats and poultry, and remove skin from poultry before eating.
- Eat oily fish, such as mackerel, salmon, herring, lake trout, tuna, and white fish, twice a week.
- Limit processes meats.
- Trim away visible fat from meats before cooking; drain ground beef after browning.
- Bake, broil, grill, or poach meat, poultry, or fish instead of frying.
- Skip high-fat sauces and gravies.
- Prepare foods from "scratch" instead of purchasing convenience foods and mixed, which tend to be high in saturated fat.
- Use liquid oils in place of solid fats.