FOOD INCLUDE IN DIET DO NOT EAT

Meat, poultry, & shell fish Very lean meat (beef, pork, lamb, Fatty and well-marbled meat. Sausage, (6oz.per day) veal) with all fat trimmed. Poultry bacon, frankfurters, and fatty cold cuts. without skin; shellfish. Organ meats. Poultry skin. Goose and duck.

Fish Unlimited amounts. Fried and commercially breaded fish. Caviar and roe.

Lentils & legumes Dried peas and beans, such as kidney beans, navy beans, lentils, soybeans, Baked beans and lentil soup prepared with and tofu, which are high in protein salt pork. and may be used as a meat replacement.

Skim and nonfat milk, 1% milk, low Whole milk (3.5% fat), 2% milk. Dairy products fat buttermilk, low fat evaporated milk. All other cheeses, including American and Low fat cottage cheese, farmer and cream. Cream and sour cream. pot cheese. Cheeses labeled as having 3 gm of fat per ounce or less.

Eggs Egg whites. More than two egg yolks More than two egg yolks per week. per Cholesterol-free egg substitutes

Fats & Oils Butter. bacon fat. meat drippings (gravy). (1tbsp. per day) Unsaturated vegetable oils. such as salt pork. olive, canola, peanut, safflower, corn, soybean, and sesame. Hard stick margarine and solid shortening Soft tub margarine made from above used in baking. Tropical oils, such as oils. coconut, palm, and palm kernel oil. Food labeled as containing "vegetable oil' may have these saturated oils.

Most breads. such as white, whole High fat baked goods, such as croissants, wheat, rye, Italian, pita, and bagels. butter rolls, Danish pastry, and doughnuts. Sandwich buns. English muffins. Starches & Breads Saltines and other non oily crackers, Store-bought or restaurant pancakes, pretzels, air-popped popcorn. biscuits. and muffins. Most crunchy snack crackers containing fat, such as cheese Most cereals. (Note: oat bran cereal, crackers and crackers made with the pectin fruit, and legumes contain palm and coconut oil. Commercially popped a type of fiber that lowers blood popcorn. Granola and other cereals cholesterol.) Pasta & rice. containing coconut and palm oil.

Pasta prepared with cream, butter, or cheese sauces.

Fruits & Vegetables All fresh, frozen, canned, or dried Vegetables prepared with butter, cream, or fruits and vegetables. meat fat. French fries and potato chips

Low fat sherbet, fruit sorbet, Italian Ice cream, most frozen tofu desserts.(Note: ice, popsicles, angel food cake, ginger ice milk and frozen yogurt may be only Desserts & Sweets snaps. slightly reduced in fat.) High fat cakes, cookies, pie crust. Sweets made with All sweets (sugar, desserts, soft chocolate and coconut. drinks) and alcoholic beverages contribute to excess calories and subsequent weight gain. Restrict intake of these foods and beverages.