Good eating Habits

You probably know that you positively should cut down on the hard fats in your eating; you should also face the fact that, in essence, it means a new way of life.

If you don't enjoy healthy eating, you will never keep it up. You who have the weight problem are in the same boat. You have to learn to like low-calorie eating, or you cannot stay “reduced.” If you're trying to keep your figure, or get it back, you're faced with a lifetime of sensible eating, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The same is true if you set out now to protect your heart.

There is only one way to go about any kind of keep-fit eating. Get away from negative thinking. Don't make your heartsaver eating an ”I can't eat this” proposition. Make your attitude a positive one. Make it a game, if you will, in which you set out to fight fats in every possible way. You can trim swarms of them from your meat-eating by cutting away visible fats.

Today, it is possible to buy margarines that are made from poly-rich oils; although these margarines are a little more expensive, and usually found only in drugstores. You can be sure that soon many other products with such qualities will be developed and, as the knowledge of their benefits becomes more widely known, will be distributed on a more general basis.

As nearly as we can determine, the majority of prepared mayonnaise brands now on the market are made with a goodly percentage of poly-rich oil. You can often use mayonnaise as a spread for bread, when preparing a sandwich.

Don't use butter on steaks or potatoes, when a fat-free gravy, or a seasoned soft oil will give you the lubrication you want. Never use butter for sautéing, basting, or frying. Again, use vegetable oils instead.

Above all things: Don't be penny-wise and health-pound-foolish. Don't save the bacon fat and meat fat drippings that accumulate from your cooking! All the money you save by using these “kitchen fats” will not begin to take care of the funeral costs or doctor's bills that can result from one coronary attack.

Call our basic positive approach psychology, if you will; but, one fundamental heart-saving fact remains. You're going to be a very unhappy person, and fail in your endeavor, if you make any new way of eating solely a matter of self-denial. That attitude adds up to a daily punishment that will cause you to give up and forget.You can't keep your weight down or guard your heart by following a rigid diet for a couple of weeks, and then slipping right back to your old ways of eating. On the other hand, doing it the right way isn't nearly as “terrible” as you may think.

Because we have been doing it for fourteen years, we can assure you that the heartsaver way of eating is good eating—tasty, pleasant, and fun to follow. It may take some time and some doing for you to prove that fact, but your patience will be rewarded.

Always remember, too, that as far as heartsaver eating is concerned, there are some three hundred foods you can eat with perfect safety, and enjoy to your heart's content.