| FOOD GROUP |
FOODS ALLOWED |
FOODS TO AVOID |
Milk & Dairy
(Limit to 2-3 servings a day) |
Skim (nonfat) or 1% 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.
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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, 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. |
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 equals 1 whole egg), low cholesterol egg substitutes.
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Fried meats or meat substitutes, any meat, fish or poultry that is smoked, cured, salted or canned (such as bacon, dried beef, corned beef, cold cuts, ham, turkey ham, hot dogs, sausages, sardines, anchovies, pickled herring), fatty cuts of beef, port, lamb, goose, duck, liver, kidney, brains, or other organ meats, sausage, bacon, regular luncheon meats, egg yolks.
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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 no fat).
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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, breads, rolls and crackers with salted topes, instant rice and pasta mixes, commercial stuffing, commercial casserole mixes.
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Vegetables
(3-5 servings per day or more) |
Any fresh, frozen, dried or low sodium canned, regular canned, drained vegetables - limit to 1 serving per day, low salt vegetable juices. |
Vegetables prepared in butter, cream or other sauces, fried vegetables, sauerkraut, pickled vegetables and others prepared in brine, regular vegetable juice, potato casserole mixes, regular and salt free potato chips.
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Fruits
(4 servings per day or more) |
Any fresh, frozen, dried, canned. |
Coconuts, avocados, and olives except as allowed under miscellaneous.
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Desserts & Sweets
(Limit to control calories)
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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).
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Ice cream, high fat cakes, pies and cookies (most commercially made), chocolate.
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| 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.
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| Miscellaneous |
Limit fat based on total number of calories consumed (use very sparingly). 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 mayonnaise (1 teaspoon), salt-free seeds and nuts (1 tablespoon seeds, 6 almonds, 20 small peanuts).
No Limit: Vegetable oil sprays, fat-free salad dressings, herbs, spices, pepper, salt substitute with health care provider's approval, mustard, vinegar, lemon and lime juice, cream sauces made with allowed ingredients.
Limit added salt to 1/2 teaspoon per day, may be used in cooking or at the table. |
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, sea salt, kosher salt, seasonings containing monosodium glutamate (MSG, Accent), salted nuts and seeds, salted peanut butter, canned soups.
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