You should limit:
• Saturated fats. These fats are found in foods such as pizza, ice cream, fried chicken, bacon,
hamburgers, many cakes and cookies. Check the Nutrition Facts label for saturated fat. Less than 10% of your daily calories should be from saturated fats.
• Trans fats. These fats are found mainly in commercially prepared baked goods, snack foods,
and margarine. Check the Nutrition Facts label and choose foods with no trans fats as often as possible.
• Sodium. Sodium is found in salt, but most of the sodium we eat is not from salt that we add while cooking or at the table. Most of our sodium comes from processed foods like breads and rolls, cold cuts, pizza, hot dogs, cheese, pasta dishes, and condiments (like ketchup and
mustard). Limit your daily sodium to less than 2,300 milligrams (equal to a teaspoon), unless
your doctor or nurse says something else. Check
the Nutrition Facts label for sodium. Foods with 20% or more of the “Daily Value” of sodium are high in sodium.
• Added sugars. Foods like fruit and dairy products naturally contain sugar. But you should limit
foods that contain added sugars. These foods include sodas, sports drinks, cakes, candy, and
ice cream. Check the Nutrition Facts label for added sugars and limit how much food with added sugars you eat.