Pomegranate Muesli Cup

Recipe and tips from Sarah Leung from www.healthyenergy.net.au

Maintaining a balanced diet and adequate exercise is the key to lower your cholesterol level. Eat foods that have a good source of soluble fibre such as fruit, vegetables, wholegrain cereal, nuts and seeds. Avoid foods that contains high saturated fats such as full cream dairy, fats and skin on meat and poultry, processed meat like salami and sausages, coconut cream/milk and palm oil.

Here is come tips and a recipe to help you to keep your cholesterol low!

1. Use vegetable oil in cooking
2. Replace butter with margarine or olive spread
3. Replace package of crisps with dried fruit and nuts
4. Avoid deep fried and high fat takeaway foods, swap hot chips to salad
5. Consumes two serves of fruits per day
6. Replace full fat ice cream wit h low fat frozen yoghurt
7. Use steam, stir fry as cooking methods rather than deep fry
8. Replace low fibre/high sugar cereal with All Bran, muesli
9. Replace coconut product with low fat milk with coconut essence
10. Physical activities at least 30 minutes per day

Method

Layer a glass with yoghurt, muesli and kiwi fruit. Top up with pomegranate
If you are in a rush, just chuck everything into a bowl!

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