| FOOD GROUP |
FOODS ALLOWED |
FOODS TO AVOID |
Milk & Dairy
(Limit to 2-4 servings a day) |
Skim (nonfat) or 1 percent fat milk (liquid, powdered, evaporated), nonfat or low-fat yogurt, low-fat cottage cheese (2% fat or less), low-fat cheese (labeled 6 grams of fat or less per ounce); non-fat sour cream; non-fat cream cheese.
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Whole milk (4 percent fat) (liquid, evaporated, condensed), 2 percent milk, cream, half and half, imitation milk products, most non-dairy creamers, whipped toppings, whole milk yogurt, regular cottage cheese (4 percent fat), natural cheeses made from whole milk (cheddar, Swiss, blue, Camembert, etc.), cream cheese, goat's milk cheese, sour cream, low-fat cream cheese, low-fat sour cream. NOTE: If 2 percent milk is used, decrease added fat by 1 teaspoon for each cup of milk.
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Meats & Meat Substitutes
(Limit to 5 ounces a day from animal products; limit to 4 egg yolks a week)
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Dried beans, split peas, lentils, pinto beans cooked without salt, poultry without the skin, fish, tuna packed in water, lean beef (extra lean ground beef, eye of round, sirloin, round tip, round, top round, tenderloin, top loin), lean pork (fresh not cured, tenderloin, leg, shoulder), lamb (arm, leg, loin, rib), shrimp or lobster (limit 3 ounces per week), luncheon meats (1 gram fat or less per ounce), egg whites (2 egg whites=1 whole egg), low cholesterol egg substitutes.
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Fried meats or meat substitutes, fatty cuts of beef, pork, lamb, goose, duck, liver, kidney, brains, or other organ meats, hot dogs, sausage, bacon, regular luncheon meats, peanut butter, egg yolks. |
Breads & Grains
(6-11 servings a day) |
Whole-grain breads (oatmeal, whole wheat, rye, bran, multigrain, etc.), rice, pasta, homemade baked goods low in fat, low fat crackers (ricecakes, popcorn cakes, Rye Krisp, melba toast, pretzels, breadsticks), hot or cold cereals (with 1 to 2 grams of fat or less per serving). |
High fat baked goods (pies, cakes, doughnuts, croissants, pastries, muffins, biscuits), high fat crackers, egg noodles, granola type cereals, cereals with more than 2 grams of fat per serving, pasta and rice prepared with cream, butter, or cheese sauces. |
Vegetables
(3-5 servings per day or more.) |
Any fresh, frozen, canned, dried. |
Vegetables prepared in butter, cream or other sauces, fried vegetables. |
Fruits
(4 servings per day or more) |
Any fresh, frozen, dried, canned. |
Coconuts, avocados, and olives except as allowed under Miscellaneous Foods. |
Desserts & Sweets
(Limit to control calories) |
Sugar, jelly, jam, honey, molasses, low-fat frozen desserts (sherbet, sorbet, ices, nonfat frozen yogurt, popsicles), angel food cake, low fat cakes and cookies (vanilla wafers, graham crackers, ginger snaps), baking cocoa, low-fat candy (jelly beans, hard candy). |
Ice cream, high fat cakes, pies and cookies (most commercially made), chocolate. |
| Beverages |
Juices, tea, coffee, decaffeinated coffee, carbonated drinks, most alcoholic beverages. |
Milkshakes, ice cream floats, eggnog, alcoholic beverages containing milk, cream or coconut, commercially softened water as beverage or in food preparation. |
| Miscellaneous Foods |
Limit fat based on total number of calories consumed. Generally no more than 6-8 servings per day of added fat such as margarine and salad dressing should be eaten; overweight, sedentary or elderly individuals may need less. Limit (1 teaspoon per serving), Unsaturated vegetable oils (corn, olive, canola, safflower, sesame, soybean, sunflower), margarine or shortening made from unsaturated vegetable oils, mayonnaise and salad dressings made from unsaturated oils (1 tablespoon), diet margarine (2 teaspoons), avocado (1/8 medium or 2 tablespoons); salt-free seeds and nuts (1 tablespoon seeds, 6 almonds, 20 small peanuts); salt free peanut butter.
No Limit: Vegetable oil sprays, fat-free salad dressings, fat-free sour cream, herbs, spices, pepper, salt substitute with health care provider's approval,
mustard, vinegar, lemon and lime juice, cream sauces made with allowed ingredients. |
Butter, coconut oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, lard, bacon fat, salad dressings made with egg yolk, fried snack foods (potato chips, cheese curls, tortilla chips), olives, avocados, regular cream sauces, salt, garlic salt, celery salt, onion salt, seasoned salt. |
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