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SALT, FAT AND CHOLESTEROL CONTROLLED
DIET
Purpose: The low fat, cholesterol and salt diet is
designed to limit the total amount of fat, salt and cholesterol in the diet to reduce
serum lipid levels and avoid excessive sodium retention
Use: It is used for persons with elevated serum
cholesterol levels or those who are high-risk candidates for heart disease. It is also
used for weight management.
General Guidelines
- Eat less cholesterol (limit egg
yolks to not more than 4 per week and meat, fish, poultry to no more than 6 ounces a day)
- Reduce saturated fat intake (red meat, cheese, whole milk, butter, ice cream,
etc)
- Limit total fat intake to less than 30% of
total daily calories.
- Eat less trans fat (stick margarine, shortening, cakes, pies, French
fries, snack chips)
- Reduce salt
intake to less than 2500 mg per day (canned and dried soups, fast foods, frozen dinners,
pizza, processed meats and cheese)
- Recommend 20-35 grams of dietary fiber per
day from a wide variety of foods.
- Eat more fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grain
breads, and cereals.
- Maintain a healthy weight
- Exercise at least 30 minutes on most days (brisk
walking, aerobics, biking, etc)
Meal Planning Guidelines
| FOODS
ALLOWED |
FOODS TO
LIMIT |
| MILK
& DAIRY 2-3 servings each day Nonfat
Dry Milk Powder
Skim Milk (Nonfat Milk)
NuSkim
Light Milk, 1/2%, or 1%
Chocolate Milk, 1% or 1/2%
Yogurt, Plain or Flavored, Nonfat or Low fat
Yogurt, Fruit Varieties, Nonfat or Low fat
Evaporated Skim Milk
Cottage cheese (1% or 2%), low fat cheeses (labeled
2-6 grams of fat/ounce): skim milk mozzarella, skim milk Swiss cheese, and skim milk
ricotta |
MILK
& DAIRY Whole or 2% milk (regular,
evaporated, condensed, chocolate), buttermilk, cream, half and half, most non-dairy
creamers, whipped toppings, whole milk yogurt
Whole milk cottage cheese (4% fat), cream cheese,
sour cream, high fat and sodium cheeses:
Whole milk cheddar, Swiss, Monterey Jack,
Camembert, American, Brie, mozzarella, fete, Muenster, Neufchatel. Gorgonzola, Roquefort
Cheese spreads |
| FRUIT & VEGETABLES
5-9 servings each day Fresh, frozen,
canned or dried fruits and vegetables
Low sodium vegetable juices and low sodium canned
vegetables
Fruit juices, especially purple grape juice
No added salt tomato products
Avocado |
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Coconut, sauerkraut, vegetables prepared in
butter, cream, cheese, or high fat sauce |
| BREADS & GRAINS
6-11 servings each day Breads: white,
whole wheat, pumpernickel, rye, and pita
Bagels, tortillas, English muffins, sandwich buns,
and dinner rolls
Hot cereals, most dry cereals, pasta, barley,
bulgur, brown and white rice
Low fat, low salt crackers, graham crackers, matzo,
bread sticks, rice cakes, rye crisps, soda crackers, zwieback; unsalted pretzels, popcorn
Homemade baked goods using unsaturated oils
sparingly |
BREADS & GRAINS Breads, crackers, rolls with salted tops; commercially baked
goods: pies, cakes, donuts, croissants, pastries, muffins, biscuits
Most snack crackers like cheese or butter crackers
or those made with saturated fat; salted popcorn, pretzels, or chips; granola cereals made
with saturated fats
Pasta and rice prepared with cream, butter, or
cheese sauce, egg noodles; stuffing mixes, rice mixes, pasta mixes, prepared dinners |
| MEATS & MEAT
SUBSTITUTES 2-3 servings or total of 6 oz daily Any meat, poultry or fish that is not fried or cooked with salt or seasonings
containing salt
Beef
Chuck: arm, shoulder, pot roast
Filet mignon
Ground beef (95% lean)
Loin: porterhouse steak, top loin steak
Loin: sirloin steak, T-bone steak, tenderloin
Rib: rib eye steak, rib eye roast
Round: roast, steak, tip roast
Round: Top, bottom or eye round roast (Select)
Veal: cutlet, loin chop, rib roast
Fish
All fresh or frozen fish: canned tuna and salmon
(low sodium fresh water packed), Scallops, Shrimp, lobster, flatfish, flounder, crab,
clams
Rainbow trout, salmon, sardines, haddock, halibut,
red snapper, swordfish, sole, sturgeon,
Mussels, oysters, cod, perch, pike, crayfish
Lamb: Foreshank, braised leg, shank or
sirloin half loin, whole, broiled
Pork
Loin, tenderloin, center loin cuts
Shank or Rump Half
Poultry (light meat is leaner than dark meat)
Turkey
Turkey, breast, wing, leg (for fryers and
roasters-hens and toms may be twice as fatty)
Turkey store extra lean ground breast
Chicken
Chicken, drumstick, breast
Duck, roasted (flesh only)
Cornish game hen, quail, pheasant
Organ Meats
Limit to 3 oz. per month
Eggs
Egg whites, cholesterol-free egg substitute;
limit egg yolks to 3 per week
Game
Rabbit, venison, buffalo meat |
MEATS & MEAT
SUBSTITUTES 2-3 servings or total of 6 oz daily Any meat, poultry or fish that is fried or cooked with salt or seasonings
containing salt
Beef
Regular ground round, brisket, ribs, prime rib
Fried or fatty meats
Veal: Veal cutlet
Fish
Fried, dried, canned, or smoked fish such as
canned tuna and salmon, sardines, anchovies, caviar, salted cod, herring, sardines, lox,
kippered salmon.
Pork
Pork rinds
Ham, sausage, bacon, jowls, fat back, salt pork,
cured pork, pork rinds, pickled pigs feet
Chitterlings
Loin, Blade
Poultry
Cured, salted, canned or smoked poultry
Duck, Roasted, (flesh and skin)
Goose, Roasted, (flesh and skin)
Poultry packed in broth
Processed meats:
Frozen dinners
Cured, salted, canned or smoked meats processed
meats such as:
Headcheese
Pate
Frankfurter, turkey, chicken, beef or pork
Corned beef
Bacon
Luncheon meats such as bologna and salami
Chorizo (Mexican sausage)
Beef jerky
Link Sausage
Pepperoni
Braunschweiger, liverwurst, bratwurst
Kielbasa, Pastrami (Beef)
Caviar
Roe
Regular canned or corned beef
Organ Meats
Liver, kidney, sweetbread, brain (More than 3
oz. per month)
Eggs
More than 3 egg yolks per week |
| Nuts & Beans Dried beans and peas, lentils and tofu
Low sodium peanut butter
Soups
Homemade cream or meat broth soups made without
salt or high fat milk products |
Nuts & Beans Canned beans, peas and lentils
Regular peanut butter
Salted nuts
Soups
Regular canned soups, stews, or bouillon cubes,
cream soups made with whole milk, cream, or half-and-half and salt
Dried soups |
| FATS & SNACKS (use
sparingly) Unsaturated vegetable oils:
corn, olive, peanut, canola, safflower, sesame, soybean
Margarine or shortenings, non stick or tub (with
unsaturated vegetable oils as the first ingredient)
Salad dressings, low sodium and low fat or fat-free
Cream cheese, low fat or fat free
Mayonnaise, low fat, low cholesterol, or fat-free
Imitation sour cream
Poly rich® non-dairy creamer
Baking cocoa
Cakes, cookies, or pies made with small amounts of
unsaturated oils. Low fat frozen desserts such as ice milk, sherbet, sorbet, frozen fruit
bars, fruit ice, frozen yogurt, Popsicles, fruit bars, and Fudgsicles;®
Low fat cakes such as angel food cake or other
varieties
Low fat cookies such as fig bars, vanilla wafers,
molasses cookies, animal crackers, gingersnaps
Low fat candy such as jelly beans, gum drops, candy
corn, gummy bears, marshmallows, Good & Plenty, cotton candy, hard candies, peppermint
sticks, Candy cane, fruit rolls, lollipops, candied and glace' fruits, licorice, fruit
chews
Unsalted low fat snacks such as plain popcorn and
pretzels (soft or hard) |
FATS & SNACKS (use
sparingly) Butter, coconut and palm oils,
lard, bacon fat
Margarine or shortenings made with saturated fat
listed above.
Dressings made with egg yolk, coconut, or chocolate
Nondairy cream substitutes
Coffee whitener/cream substitute
Cream (light, cream, or table)
Sour cream, cream cheese, whipping cream
Regular salad dressings (sour cream base, French,
Ranch, blue cheese, cheese based dressings)
Salad dressing mixes
High fat frozen desserts such as ice cream, frozen
tofu or custard, most store bought cakes, and cookies, candy, chocolate bars
Potato and corn chips prepared with saturated fat,
buttered or cheese popcorn, prepackaged microwave popcorn |
| MISC. Non-fat beverages like carbonated drinks, water, juices,
tea, and coffee; lemonade, Kool-Aid, punch
Sugar, syrup, honey, jam, preserves or marmalade;
low sodium mustard, low sodium catsup, low sodium soy sauce; vinegar, cooking wine, cream
of tartar, yeast, low sodium herbs and spices |
MISC. High fat beverages such as frappes, milk shakes, floats, and
eggnog
Marinade sauce
All commercially prepared and convenience foods
such as TV dinners, box mixes, canned entrees, Hamburger Helper, meat pies, Chinese
diners, pizza, Shaken Bake mixes
Party spreads
Pickles
Relish |
| LABEL INGREDIENTS Carob
Cocoa
Oils, like corn, cottonseed, olive,
Safflower, sesame, soybean, or sunflower
Nonfat dry milk, nonfat dry milk solids, skim milk
High fructose corn syrup |
LABEL INGREDIENTS Animal fat, like bacon, beef, ham, lamb,
Butter, lard
Chocolate
Cocoa butter
Coconut, coconut oil, palm kernel or palm oil
Cream
Egg and egg-yolk solids
Hardened fat or oil
Hydrogenated vegetable oil
Meat, pork, chicken or turkey fats,
Shortening or vegetable shortening
Unspecified vegetable oil (could be coconut,
coconut oil, palm kernel or palm oil)
Monosodium Glutamate
Sodium Benzoate
Sodium Caseinate
Sodium Citrate
Sodium Nitrate
Sodium Phosphate
Sodium Propionate
Sodium Saccharin |
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CONDIMENTS Accent
Alka-Seltzer
BBQ sauce
Catsup
Celery salt
Chili sauce
Garlic salt
Horseradish
Kitchen Bouquet
Lemon pepper
Meat tenderizers
Onion salt
Regular ketchup
Regular mustard
Salt
Seasoning salts
Soy sauce
Steak sauce
Tartar sauce
Teriyaki sauce
Worcestershire sauce |
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