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Eat Beneficial Fats Without Gaining Weight

  • Hold the pepperoni (4 g saturated fat per 3 oz.) and order your pizza topped with anchovies (1 g omega-3 per 3 oz.).
  • Pick surf over turf: Instead of sirloin steak (6.4 g saturated fat per 3 oz.), try salmon (1.2 g omega-3 per 3 oz.).
  • Skip the Feta cheese (4.2 g saturated fat per oz.) and top your salad with walnuts (1 g omega-3 per oz.) or avocados (4.5 g monounsaturates per oz.).
  • Instead of pouring bottled blue cheese dressing (1.5 g saturated fat per Tbs.), make your own with olive oil (10.3 g monounsaturates per Tbs.) or walnut oil (1.5 g omega-3 per Tbs.).
  • Stop sauteéing in corn oil (9.8 g saturated fat per Tbs.) and use canola oil (9.1 g monounsaturates per Tbs.).
  • Don't gobble a turkey sandwich (O.5 g saturated fat per 3.5 oz.) for lunch; pack tuna (0.5 g omega-3 per 3.5 oz.).
  • Better than butter (7.1 g saturated fat per Tbs.) is bread dipped in olive oil (10.3 g monounsaturates per Tbs.).
  • Ditch the sour cream dip (1.6 g saturated fat per Tbs.); instead, eat celery and carrots with peanut butter (4 g monounsaturates per Tbs.).
  • Skip the teriyaki chicken (0.9 g saturated fat per 3 oz. of breast meat) and savor the shrimp (0.3 g omega-3 per 3 oz





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