Tips for Healthy Eating

Here are some tips to help you eat healthy at work, at home, or elsewhere. Try some of these ideas to help get your eating on the right track.

	Eat breakfast! Drink 100% fruit juice (canned, from a carton or freshly squeezed) with breakfast, or take a can to drink at work. Add a banana or handful of berries to liven up your cereal, yogurt, waffles, or pancakes.
	Take a piece of fruit to munch on during your commute.
	Keep a bowl of fruit on the kitchen counter.
	Switch to reduced fat margarine on your bread or try jelly on your bread, bagels, and other baked goods.
	Use “lite” or low-fat dairy products.
	Use just a tablespoon of light or fat-free salad dressing on your salad.
	Choose the leanest cuts of meat possible, such as beef round, loin, or sirloin; pork loin chops, turkey, chicken, and roasts. Cuts with the names “loin” or “round” are leaner.
	When cooking meat, trim all visible fat and drain the grease.

When it comes to snacks;

	Make your own by packing small bags or containers of healthy, quick, and easy-to-grab foods such as celery sticks, cucumber wedges and cherry tomatoes.
	Purchase healthier choices, such as pretzels.

When it comes to desserts:

	Cut down on the portion size and how often you eat desserts.
	Substitute low-fat or fat-free baked goods, cookies, and ice cream. They still taste great.
	Choose fruit. It tastes great, is filling and provides energy.

When it comes to fast foods:

	Order a lean roast beef sandwich.
	Order grilled chicken sandwich and do the fixings “your way.”
	Keep the portions to regular and small. No “double” or “large size” anything.
	Order items without the cheese.

Source: “Healthy Eating Tips,” CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, www.cdc.gov/nccdphp