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Tip 1 : Make each meal colorful by adding red, green, yellow, or orange vegetables to your plate.
Tip 2 : Look for lower sodium choices in the deli. Choose lean deli meats instead of higher fat sausages, hot dogs, bologna, or salami.
Tip 3 : Osteoporosis (thinning of bones) can be reduced by routinely eating low-fat or fat-free dairy food --at all ages and stages of life.
Tip 4 : Make beans, peas, and soy products part of your meals often. Try black bean burgers, hummus, or stir-fried tofu.
Tip 5 : Replace refined grains with whole grains. Buy whole-grain versions of foods like bread or pasta.
Tip 6 : When eating out, ask for whole-wheat bread for your sandwiches.
Tip 7 : Cook your oatmeal or other hot cereal in fat-free or low-fat milk instead of water.
Tip 8 : Use a food thermometer to check the internal temperature of meat, poultry, and fish—you can’t tell if it's cooked by the way it looks.
Tip 9 : Fruit with a low-fat yogurt dip makes a great party snack. Use melon, apples, bananas, berries, grapes and provide toothpicks!
Tip 10 : Going out--think ethnic. Indian, Thai and Chinese dishes offer lots of yummy vegetable options.