FOR HIGH CHOLESTEROL PATIENTS

FOODS/DRINKS TYPE RECOMMENDED NOT RECOMMENDED
MEAT,FISH Choose lean meats(chicken,turkey,veal or non-fatty cuts of beef with excess fat trimed).One serving of 3 oz cooked meat. Also fresh or frozen fish should be broiled( pan or oven) or baked on the rack Pork,bacon,sausage,and other pork products;fatty fowl(duck,goose);skin and fat of turkey and chicken;processed meat; luncheon meats (salami,bologna); frunkfurters and fast food hamburgers((they,re loaded with fat); organ meats(kidneys,liver);canned fish packed in oil.Shellfish(lobster,shirmp,crab,oyster) should be used sparingly
EGGS Egg whites (use freely). Egg yolks (limit 3 per week) Limit egg yolks to three per week
FRUITS Eat three serving of fresh fruit per day(1 serving 1/2 cup). Be sure to have at leastone citrus fruit daily.Frozen or canned fruit with no sugar sugar or syrup addedmay be used Coconuts
VEGETABLES Most vegetables are not limited. One dark green (string beans,escarole) or one deep yellow (squash) vegetable is recommended daily. Vegetable may be boiled, steamed,strained or braised with polyunsaturated vegetable oil Avoid avocados and olives. Starchy vegetables (potatoes,corn,lima beans,dried peas and beans)may be used only if subtituted for a serving of bread or cereal
BEANS Dried peas or beans (1 serving=1/2 cup may be used as a bread substitute. Commercial baked beans with sugar and/or pork
NUT Pecan,walnuts, and peanuts may be used sparingl. 1serving=1 tablespoonful Avoid nuts. Limit pecans,walnuts and peanuts to 1 tablespoon per day.
BREADS, GRAINS One roll or one slice of whole-grain or enriched bread may be used or three soda crackers or four pieces of melba toast as a substitute. In preparing these food, do not use butter or margarine. Also used egg and sugar substitute. Any baked goods with shortening and/or sugar. nCommerc8ial mixes with ried eggs and whole milk. Avoid sweet rolls, doughnuts,and breakfast pastries (Danish)
CEREALS Use 1/2 cu hot cereal or 3/4 cup of cold cereal per day. add sugar substitute if desired. NONE
MILK PRODUCTS Always used skim milk or skim mlk products such as low-fat cheeses (farmer's uncreamed cottage,mozzarella), low-fat yogart, and powde skim milk Whoele milk and whole-milk package gos; cream; ice-cream; whole milk poddings;yogurt or cheese; non dairy cream substitutes
FATS, OIL Soft margarine and polyunsaturated vegetable oils derived from soy bean,sunflower,corn or sesame seeds Buttewr, saturated fats (olive,peanut and coconut oil),lard,solid margarine, commercial salad dressings,gravies,bacon drippings,cream sauces
DESERTS/SNACKS Limit to 2 servings per day;substitute each serving for bread/or cereal;ice cream,water sherbet (1/4 cup);unflavored gelatin flavored with sugar substitute (1/3 cup);pudding prepared with skim milk (1/2 cup);egg white softles;unbuttered popcorn (11/2 cups) Fried snack foods like potato chips,chocolate,candies in general jams jellies,syrups;whole milk puddings,ice cream and milk sherbets. Hydrogenated peanut butter
BEVERAGES Fresh fruit juices (limit 4 oz per day);black coffee,plain o herbal teas softdrinks with sugar substitutes;club soda preferably salt-free;cocoa made with skim milk or non-fat dried milk and water (sugar substitute added if desired);clear both. Alcohol,limit two serving per day Suared fruit juices and soft drinks; cocoa made with whole milk and sugar.When using alcohol (1 oz liquor, 5 oz beer,or 2 1/2 oz dry table wine) per serving must besubstituted for one bread or cereal serving. Alcohol,limit,two serving per day
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