the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Menu Modification A healthful diet offers a variety of foods and is low in fat, saturated fat and cholesterol, and contains salt and sugar in moderation. Following is an example of how a lunch or supper menu can be made more healthful with simple modifications. a lower fat variety of chicken nuggets was chosen oven-baked fries are a low-fat substitute for deep-fat-fried french fries • peaches in light syrup are lower in sugar than peaches in heavy syrup 2% chocolate milk is lower in fat than whole milk 4 19 (31% fat) 134 545 |