Low-Fat Diet

And here is the diet that everyone is waiting for! Low-fat diet! Comparing low-fat diet and low-calorie diet, the low-fat diet controls cholesterol more, it also contains less foods from animal sources.

 

A low-fat diet should generally contain about 20% to 30% of calories from fat. You should also try to get healthy variety of fat (polyunsaturated and monounsaturated) while also taking in foods low in saturated fat.

 

So now, what kind of food falls under polyunsaturated, monounsaturated and foods low in saturated fat?

 

Polyunsaturated fat

Corn, sunflower seeds, walnut, sesame seeds, soybeans, tuna, sardine

 

Monounsaturated fat

Olive oil, peanut oil, avocado oil, almond oil, whole grain wheat, oatmeal, cereal

 

Low in saturated fat

Yogurt, lean meats, fish, poultry

All in all, not only the food chosen are important, the cooking method is important too. Try to look out for items that are non-fat or low-fat when you buy your groceries if you are on this diet.

The next diet I'll talk about is the Low-Carbohydrate Diet. Till next time! Cya!