At a young age, our taste buds are trained to like the taste of fat, sugar and sodium in our foods. What will food taste like without those things, and is it possible to reduce the amounts of fat, sugar and salt in your favorite recipes and still have great tasting foods? Yes, it’s a simple matter of modification.

My Pyramid, the food guidance system of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, makes the following suggestions that help us recognize the limits on fats, sugars, and salt (sodium). We need to make most of our fat sources from fish, nuts and vegetable oils. Limit solid fats l...

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