*   Eat more fiber such as fruits, veggies, grain.  Substitute the red meat in your diet for fish or poultry.  Chicken and turkey meat is better than red meat for it contains half the content.

*   Go lean with any kind of meat especially red.  Trim the visible fat before cooking.  To get of the invisible fat, grill, roast or boil it.

*   Skim the fat off soups by chilling them.  Then scrape off the top layer of fat.

*   Cook with unsaturated vegetable oils like olive, saffola etc. instead of butter,  lard/shortening.

*   Go non-fat cow’s or soy milk instead of fresh cow’s milk.  Sour cream-based dressing can be replaced with low fat yogurt or cottage cheese.

*   Avoid food prepared with butter, palm or coconut oil.

*   High-fat snacks like potato chips, candy bars, etc. can be replaced with unbuttered popcorn, vegetable, fruits.