Healthy Fats

The name "fat" makes it sound like something you shouldn't eat but it's really important that we eat GOOD FATS every day. Some good fats are found in heart-healthy oils, lean meats, fish and fruits like avocados.

Avocados

Another name for the avocado is "alligator pear." That makes sense if you think about it because it's shaped like a pear and it has skin like an alligator.

People usually think they are a vegetable but avocados are actually a fruit! Avocados are used to make guacamole so, technically, guacamole is a fruit dip! Avocados grow on trees and one tree can produce between 150 and 500 avocados! That's a lot of guacamole.

Another great healthy fat comes from olive oil. Guess where olive oil comes from - yep, from olives. You press olives like you would an orange or a lemon so technically olive oil is a fruit juice!

Olive oil has been in America for a long, long time. Christopher Columbus brought it here in 1492.

Most of the world's olive oil comes from Spain

Low-fat Dairy

Skim milk, low-fat cheese, and low-fat yogurt are all great low-fat dairy items to try.

1 cup of milk has the same amount of calcium as 3 1/2 cups of broccoli - that would be a lot of broccoli to eat!

Most milk we drink comes from cows (although some people like milk that comes from goats). The average cow produces 3 gallons of milk in one milking and is milked 3 times a day ... that's 9 gallons a day, 2,730 gallons a year. That's one hard-working cow!

Milk is the base that we start with to make all of the other delicious dairy products that we love like, low-fat yogurt, low-fat ice cream and low-fat cheese!