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See
also Low Fat -
Low Cholesterol Diet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Food Groups |
Choose |
Go
Easy |
Avoid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meat,
Poultry, Fish
and Shellfish [
upto 6 ounces/day] | Lean cuts of meat with fat trimmed chicken, and turkey without skin, fish, shell fish. | Lean cut red meats like Beef and Pork | Prime grade fatty cuts of meat, goose, duck, liver, kidney, sausage, bacon, hot dogs, regular luncheon meats. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dairy
products [2
servings / day] [3
for pregnant women or breast
feeding women] | Skim milk, 1% milk low fat butter milk low-fat evoporated milk, cottage cheese, no more than 2 to 6 grams of fat /ounce. | 2% milk, Yogurt, part-skim ricotta, imitation hard cheese, "lite" cream cheese, "lite" sour cream. | Whole milk, cream, half & half, custard, imitation milk products, Whole milk products like Swiss, American, Cheddar, cream cheese. Sour cream. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eggs | Egg whites, cholesterol free Egg substitute. | Egg yolk [no more than 3 per week] | Too many whole eggs, preperations with eggs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fats
and oils [limit
upto 6 to 8 teaspoon/day] | canola, corn, soybean, safflower, sesame, peanut and olive oils. | nuts, seeds, avacado, olives. | Butter, lard, bacon fat, coconut, palm oil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Breads, Cereals, Pasta, Dried peas Beans, Rice etc. | Most breads, bagels, English muffins, rice cakes, low fat crackers, spaghetti, any grain rice, dried beans and peas. | Store-bought pancakes waffles, buiscuits, and corn bread | Croissants, sweet rolls, danish, doughnuts and pasta, crackers made with saturated oils, egg noodles, rice with cream, butter or cheese sauce. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fruits
and Vegetables [2
to 4 servings / day] | Fresh, frozen, canned dried fruits, vegetables | High Starch Fruits like Banana and Apple | Vegetable prepared in butter, cream or sauce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Snacks
[avoid
too many sweets] | Sherbet, sorbet,popsicles, fig bars,angel food cakes, popcorn, pretzel , fruit juice, coffe, tea. | Ice milk, fruit crisps home made cakes, cookies and pies, prepared with unsaturated oils. |
Ice cream, frozen tofu, candy, chocolate, egg nog, frappes, float milk shake, pound cake most store made cakes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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