You know that a diet with the right fats helps your brain, supplying it with energy to keep going day and night. With a few simple tips, you can greatly reduce total fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol (the wrong fats) in your meals. Try the following techniques:
- Trim all visible fat from the meat before cooking.
- Use low-fat cooking methods: broil, grill, roast, braise, stew, steam, poach, stir-fry, or microwave.
- Brown meat in a nonstick skillet with little to no fat. Use a vegetable oil spray or stock to prevent sticking.
- When grilling, broiling, or roasting meat and poultry, use a rack for the fat to drip through.
- Use marinades that have little to no fat: light teriyaki sauce, orange juice, lime juice, lemon juice, tomato juice, defatted broth, or low-fat yogurt. Add fresh herbs and other spices, such as garlic powder, to marinades for more flavor.
- Oven-bake fish and/or chicken instead of frying.