Summer often increases anxiety levels as it exerts social pressure at social gatherings, barbeques, and the beach. Healthy eating. Cholesterol. Hypertension. Cardiovascular disease. There are a few clouds hanging over our plates. Here are a few tips for healthy eating all year round!

One thing that you could try is to cut down or eliminate trans fats and saturated fatsfrom your diet. Trans fats are mostly responsible for the increase in “bad” cholesterol and triglyceride. These fats have no nutritional value and the FDA has already taken action to ban them from food products. However, this will take a number of years as it requires cooperation from the big manufacturers and economic investment to find healthy substitutes.

Where do we need to keep our eyes open for trans fats?. Mostly, commercial baked products, deep-fried food and margarine, and many processed foods. You can limit the amount of saturated fats as well, which are found in vegetable oils, eggs, red meats and whole-fat dairy products.