A BLT is almost as bad. In supermarkets, it's a snap to find lower-fat processed meats. If only restaurants would shop there. Try Louis Rich or Oscar Mayer turkey bacon or low-fat ham. Try low-fat sausage made by Healthy Choice and others.
Milk adds a significant amount of saturated fat and cholesterol to the average person's diet.
Each glass of skim that you drink instead of whole milk saves five grams of sat fat-a quarter of a day's worth. With a daily limit of 20 grams, that's not trivial. Close your eyes. 6 Limit foods with 480 mg of sodium or more per serving to one a day. Cutting sodium from 4,000 mg to 2,000 mg a day would lower average blood pressures by about two points, enough to save more than 10,000 lives a year from heart attacks and strokes.