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Resources on Low-Fat Diets

Resources on low-fat diets are varied and plentiful. Finding instruction on following a low-fat diet is as easy as looking at a nutrition-tracking website on the Internet or as involved as making an appointment with a nutritionist. Whether you want to eat less fat to lose weight or to prevent heart disease, this is not a task you have to tackle alone.

  1. Information Websites

    • Many websites are dedicated to helping you embark on a low-fat diet. Lowfatdietplan.org provides various articles on how to lower your fat intake, popular low-fat diets and low-fat recipes. Everydiet.org summarizes various diets, including low-fat ones, and tells you how to follow them. The Delicious Low-Fat Recipes website provides you with ideas for low-fat meals you can make yourself, as does Food.com if you click on "healthy recipes."

    Nutrition Tracking Websites

    • Websites that help you track your calorie and fat intake are available on the Internet. These are great resources to keep you on a low-fat plan because they provide calorie counting, coaching, forums and chat groups. Try one with a free trial like My Food Diary or Fit Day. On the Fit Watch website, you can print out a food diary and carry it with you. You can use an online calorie counter or a calorie counting book (available at most bookstores), to calculate the amount of fat in your diet.

    Books

    • Bookstores and online booksellers have countless resources on low-fat diets, ranging from how-tos to recipe books. Try Dr. Oz's "You: On a Diet," or Robert K. Cooper's "Low-Fat Living" or the American Heart Association's "6 Weeks to Get Out the Fat." Recipe books include "The Low-Fat Good Food Cookbook" by Martin and Terri Katahn and "Betty Crocker's Low-Fat, Low Cholesterol Cooking Today."

    Professionals

    • Personal trainers, nutritionists, dieticians and family doctors can give you information on low-fat diets. Hire a personal trainer at your gym, whose job it is to help you lose weight by helping you cut fat and calories along with exercise. A nutritionist or dietician can come up with a specific diet for you and give you tips for cutting out fat easily. Also, since nutrition is a hot-button topic, your family doctor should be able to provide brochures and advice on healthy eating.

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