Healthy cooking is simply a way of preparing and cooking a wide variety of foods that reduces our total fat intake. Replacing saturated fats with moderate amounts of unsaturated fats, using low fat or fat-free ingredients and making simple changes in how we cook, can help us enjoy a much healthier diet without sacrificing whole food groups, or flavour.
Some of the benefits of healthy cooking are…
- Your food will have a higher nutrient content.
- It is easier to maintain or lose weight and stay healthy by limiting your total fat intake and portion size, and choosing fresh fruit, vegetables, pulses, complex carbohydrates and lean protein sources which are all naturally low in fat.
- You can save money - healthy eating does not have to be expensive. Choose fruit and veg that are in season so cost less. A family of four can easily get three or even more meals out of a whole turkey and a delicious broth can be made from the carcass. You can always cook your food in bulk and freeze the leftovers.
- You can reduce your saturated fat intake by limiting your intake of processed foods and animal fats.
- You can improve your physical fitness by have a higher nutrient intake and reduced body fat.
- Healthy cooking may help to reduce your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, high-cholesterol, diabetes and obesity.
- You will feel good!
