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LOW FAT DIET
Purpose: The low fat diet is designed to limit the
total amount of fat in the diet.
Use: It may be used in the treatment of various fat
malabsorption syndromes such as the disease of the liver, gall bladder and pancreas, small
bowel resection, intestinal lymphangiectasia, abetalipoproteinemia, crohn's disease, AIDS,
and gastroesophageal reflux. It may also be used for persons with elevated serum
cholesterol levels, those who are high-risk candidates for heart disease and for weight
management.
| LOW FAT FOOD
SELECTIONS |
HIGH FAT FOOD
SELECTIONS |
| MILK & DAIRY 2-3
servings each day Buttermilk, cultured
Chocolate milk, 1% or 1/2%
Hot cocoa made with nonfat milk
Evaporated skim milk
Light milk, 1% or 1/2%
Nonfat dry milk powder
Nuskim
Skim milk (nonfat milk)
Soy milk, 1% plain or flavored
Half & Half, fat free
Cappuccino and latte's, made with nonfat milk or soy
milk
Yogurt, fruit varieties, nonfat or low fat
Yogurt, plain or flavored, nonfat or low fat
Cottage cheese, 1% or 2% fat
Fat free or low fat cheeses (no more than 2 grams
of fat/oz)
Mozzarella, part skim
Neufchatel cheese
Parmesan, grated
Frozen yogurt, fat-free and non-fat varieties
Smoothies made with nonfat milk, nonfat yogurt, soy
or rice milk |
MILK & DAIRY Chocolate milk, whole
Evaporated whole milk
Low fat milk, 2%
Whole or regular milk
Yogurt, regular, plain
Cottage cheese, creamed
Processed cheese such as cheddar, Colby, Monterey,
jack, Muenster, Swiss, ricotta
Ice cream and ice milk |
| FRUIT & VEGETABLES
5-9 servings each day 100 % fruit juice,
V-8 juice
Purple grape juice
All fruits and vegetables, canned, frozen, fresh,
and dried
Apple chips
Applesauce
Fat free pasta sauces
Fruit only spreads
Low fat pasta sauces
Salsa |
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Coconut
Creamed, cheesed, or buttered vegetables
Fried or Deep Fried Vegetables |
| BREADS & GRAINS
6-11 servings each day Whole grain
breads, English muffins, bagels
Buns, hamburger and hot-dog buns, pita bread
Rice, Barley, Bulgur, couscous
Kashi
Rolls, tortillas (corn has less fat than flour
tortillas)
Corn muffins, pancakes and waffles made with
allowed ingredients
Muffins, nonfat varieties
Whole grain ready-to eat cereals, cooked cereals
such as oatmeal, farina, cream of wheat
Matzo
Muffins, Rolls, Biscuits (made with an acceptable
fat)
Pasta (spaghetti, macaroni, noodles)
Pastas, whole wheat
Low fat Crackers: Ak-Mak, graham crackers,
matzoh, Wasa, Finn Crisp, Nabisco Harvest Crisp, animal crackers, whole wheat crackers, Melba toast,
soda crackers, Zwieback
Bread sticks
Baked chips
Pizza crust
Popcorn, Air-popped
Pretzels (soft or hard), rice cakes (plain or
flavored), popcorn rice
cakes |
BREADS & GRAINS Cinnamon Rolls, muffins
Coffee cake
Crackers made with saturated fats
Croissants
Doughnuts
Egg bagels
Egg noodles
Fried breads and pastries, Bismarcks
Fried or mashed potatoes
Granola-type cereals made with saturated fats
High Fat Crackers such as Ritz, Waverly Wafers
Pancakes and waffles
Biscuits
Quick breads
Pound cake
Stuffing Mixes
Sweet rolls
Sweetened or frosted breads |
| MEAT & MEAT
SUBSTITUTES 2-3 servings or total of 6 oz daily 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 Fish such as Tuna (canned in
water), scallops, shrimp, lobster, flatfish, flounder, crab, clams rainbow
trout
Salmon, sardines, haddock, halibut, Orange roughy,
red snapper, swordfish, sole, sturgeon, mussels, oysters, cod, perch, pike, crayfish
Kippered Herring, coho trout
Lamb: Foreshank, braised leg, shank or
sirloin half loin, whole, broiled
Pork: ham, shank or rump half
loin, tenderloin, center loin cuts
Poultry (without skin):
Chicken (light meat is leaner than dark meat)
Chicken, Drumstick, Breast
Duck, Roasted (Flesh only)
Turkey (light meat is leaner than dark meat)
Turkey Store Extra Lean Ground Breast
Turkey, Breast, Wing, Leg (for fryers and
roasters-hens and toms may be twice as fatty)
Processed meats: Canadian Bacon
Beef, dried, chopped beef
Ham, boneless [regular (11%)]
Ham, canned [extra lean (4%)]
Honeyloaf
Turkey pastrami, peppered loaf
Turkey ham, turkey roll (light and dark meat) |
MEAT & MEAT
SUBSTITUTES Beef: ground beef, 73 % lean
Fish: catfish, channel, breaded and fried
Lamb: ground, lean, broiled
Pork: chitterlings, loin, blade, tail
Poultry: Duck and goose (flesh and skin)
Processed meats
Bacon
Bologna
Braunschweiger, liverwurst, bratwurst
Caviar
Chorizo (Mexican sausage)
Corned Beef
Frankfurter, turkey, chicken, beef or pork
Ham, Canned [regular lean], Roasted
Headcheese
Kielbasa, Pastrami (Beef)
Link Sausage
Organ meats, such as liver, kidney, sweetbread,
brain
Pate
Pepperoni
Pig's Feet, Pickled
Roe
Salami
Eggs: Fried eggs; more than 3 egg yolks per
week |
| Nuts & Beans Dried peas and beans, like split peas, black-eyed peas,
Chick peas (garbonzo beans), kidney beans, navy
beans
Lentils
Lima bean
Soy protein, tempeh, miso, TVP (Textured
Vegetable Protein), soybean curd (tofu)
Soybeans
Tree nuts such as pecans, walnuts, and almonds
Flaxseed
Vegetarian hotdogs and hamburgers
Soups:
Homemade cream or meat broth soups made without
high fat milk products (such as nonfat milk, fat free Half and Half) |
Nuts & Beans Baked beans with bacon fat
Soups:
Cream soups made with whole milk, cream, or
half-and-half |
| FATS & SNACKS (use
sparingly) Cream Cheese, low fat and
fat-free
Imitation sour cream
Liquid vegetable oil: olive, canola, corn, and
safflower
Rice-bran oil
Margarine, non stick or tub (with liquid vegetable
oil as first ingredient)
Cholesterol lowering spreads such as Benecol, Take
Control margarines, Sweet Balance products
Mayonnaise, Low fat and fat free
Half & Half, Fat free
Poly Rich® Non-dairy Creamer
Salad Dressings, Low fat and fat free varieties
Dips, nonfat yogurt or salad dressing based
Dips and Spreads, Low fat and Fat free varieties
Salsa
Carbonated or mineral water, plain or
flavored
Sports Drinks, such as Gatorade, PowerAde
Sport or Fitness waters
Teas, Green or Black
Cappuccino and latte's, made with nonfat milk or soy
milk
Cocoa powder
Cotton candy
Egg white soufflés
Fat free desserts and cookies of all kinds
Fruit rolls
Gelatin
Ginger Snaps, sugar wafers, vanilla wafers,
molasses cookies
Gum drops, Good and Plenty ®, marshmallows, fig
bars
Hard Candies, Peppermint sticks, candy canes
Jelly beans, licorice, candy corn, gummy bears
Lemonade
Lollipops, hard mints, divinity
Pickles
Popcorn, light or low fat
Popcorn, homemade with little oil for popping
Popsicle, Frozen Fruit Bars
Puddings (made with skim milk)
Sherbet, fruit sorbet, fruit ice
Vegetarian pizza (with part-skim mozzarella)
Angel food cake or sponge cake
Carbonated Beverages (sweetened or unsweetened) |
FATS & SNACKS Butter, lard, cocoa butter, coconut oil, palm kernel oil,
beef tallow, Menhaden oil
Coffee whitener/cream substitute
Cream (light, cream, or table)
Nondairy cream substitutes
Salad dressings (sour cream base, French, ranch,
blue cheese)
Sour cream, cream cheese, whipping cream
Cakes, cookies, pies made with hardened fat
Cheese curls
Chocolate candy
Custard, baked
Eggnog
Flan, regular
Granola bar
Macadamia nuts, mixed nuts, peanuts, cashews
Popcorn, buttered
Popcorn, cheese
Popcorn, microwave
Potato chips, corn chips, Doritos
Puddings (made with whole milk) |
| LABEL INGREDIENTS Carob
Cocoa
Nonfat dry milk, nonfat dry milk solids, skim milk
Oils, like corn, cottonseed, olive, safflower,
sesame, soybean, or sunflower |
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
Trans-fat
Meat, pork, chicken or turkey fats
Shortening or vegetable shortening
Unspecified vegetable oil (could be coconut,
coconut oil, palm kernel or palm oil)
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