If you want to be healthy, the recommendations are loud and clear: reduce your consumption of bad fats, especially saturated fat and trans fatty acids, and you will reduce your risk of heart disease.

Eating a low fat diet does not mean sacrificing flavor and taste. You can enjoy many of the foods you love with just a few changes. We hope to show you an approach to cooking using our low fat recipes to help you choose the correct foods and preparation methods.

If you are trying to lose weight, remember that calories do count! To lose weight, you must burn more calories than you consume. If you reduce your calorie intake by 300 calories a day and increase your activity to burn 200 extra calories per day, you can expect a steady weight loss of approximately one pound per week.

See our extensive food statistics directory to find the dietary and caloric content of most basic foods. This valuable tool not only lists fat grams, cholesterol, and fiber but also logs sodium and carbohydrate content for those of you cutting carbs or salt content.

Our bodies need essential fatty acids to function properly. We also need fats in our diet in order to provide the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K. Please navigate to the lifestyle section to learn more about various lifestyle guidelines. Enjoy hundreds of our free healthy recipes and our weekly cooking tips to learn more about nutritious cooking.