Guidelines for Healthy Food Choices
Guidelines for Healthy Food Choices Food/Serving Size Eat these Foods: LIMIT these foods: Breads 100% whole grain breads, low-fat White bread, biscuits, 1 slice bread muffins, low-fat biscuits, melba pastries, doughnuts, Choose bread with at least 3 toast, English muffin, bagels, pita muffins, fried cornbread, grams of fiber per serving. breads, tortillas, dinner rolls croissants, hush puppies, fritters Pasta & Rice Pastas, brown rice, wild rice, Fried rice, pastas with 1/3 cup cooked barley, white rice cream sauces and boxed pasta dishes Crackers Whole grain crackers, salt-free High-fat salted crackers, See package food label for crackers saltines, butter-type serving size crackers like Ritz® and Townhouse®* Cereals Grits, oatmeal, and high fiber Sugar-coated cereals, high- ½ cup hot cereal; 3/4 cup cold cereals like Cheerios®, Oatmeal fat granola cereals, instant Look for cereals with 5 grams of Squares®, Kashi® cereals (they may be high fiber per serving in sodium) Starchy Vegetables Corn, peas, potatoes, squash, dried Vegetables seasoned with ½ cup cooked beans and peas (try for 3 times per added fat, French fries week) Soups Low-sodium canned soups or Broth, bouillon, dried soup 1 cup soup homemade soup mixes, regular and reduced sodium canned soups Fruits/Fruit juices All fresh, frozen or dried fruits, Juices with added sugar, 1 small piece 100% fruit juice (limit ½ cup per fruits served with cream or ½ cup canned fruit or dried fruit day) butter sauces, canned fruit ½ cup 100% fruit juice in heavy syrup, coconut Vegetables All fresh,
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