FOODS |
ALLOWED |
OMITTED |
BEVERAGES |
Coffee Tea
Carbonated beverages |
No restrictions |
BREADS AND CEREALS |
4 servings or more a day of whole-grain or enriched cereals
White,whole wheat, rye,or French bread
Plain rolls
Saltines
Graham crackers
Wheat crackers
Corn or flour tortillas
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Biscuits
Cornbread
Pancakes and waffles,unless made with allowed vegetable oils, egg white, and skim milk or buttermilk
Doughnuts
Commercial coffee cakes
Cheese crackers
Pretzels
Rusks
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DESSERTS |
Angel food cake
Cakes and cookies with skim milk, oil, and egg whites
Fruit pie and cobblers (or pastry made with allowed oils)
Fruit whips
Fruit meringues
Gelatin desserts
Puddings and custards made with skim milk
Sherberts
Fruit ices
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Desserts containing butter or margarine, chocolate, cream,egg yolk (unless from day's allowance), shortening or whole milk(such as ice cream or regular puddings)
Commercial cakes
Cookies
Pastries
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EGGS |
Egg whites as desired, but limit egg yolks to not more than 3 per week, including those used in cooking
Low cholesteral egg subsitute |
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FATS (USE SPARINGLY) |
Corn oil
Cottonseed oil
Safflower oil
Soybean oil
Non-hydrogenated vegatable oil
Sunflower seed oil
Commercial mayonaisse and salad dressings
Peanut oil
Olive Oil
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Trim all visible fat on meats
Butter Chocolate
Coconut oil
Cream
Lard
Hydrogenated(hardened) fats
Margarine(except non-hydrogenated vegetable oil)
Bacon drippings
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FRUITS |
2 servings or more a day
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Avocado |
MEATS AND MEAT SUBSTI- TUTES |
5 ounces daily total of lean meat, fish or poultry(trim all visible fat from meat before cooking)
Low-fat cottage cheese
Sapsago cheese
Mozerella cheese
Specially prepared low-cholesteral cheeses
Mature shelled beans and peas
Peanut butter(for second entree when possible)
Barbeque (using only sauce without oils), broil, boil, or roast on a rack so fat will drip out
Nuts(particularly peanuts and walnuts if caloric allowance permits)
Tripe
Beef, veal, or liver once a month
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Liver
Duck
Goose
Bacon
Salt pork
Sausage
Lunch meat
Frankfurters
Brisket
Shortribs
Club, porterhouse and T-bone steaks
Prime rib roasts
Cheese (except those allowed)
Any fish prepared with fats other than oils allowed
Cashew nuts
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MILK |
1 1/2 pints a day of skim milk or buttermilk
Cocoa prepared with skim milk
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Whole milk
Evaporated milk
Bulgarian buttermilk
Beverages containing chocolate(note:cocoa is allowed)
Ice cream
Ice milk
Eggs
Cream
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MISC.
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Herbs
Catsup
Mustard
Pickles
Spices
Gravies made from pan drippings skimmed free of fat
Popcorn cooked in oil or non-hydrogenated vegetable oil margarine
Olives(use sparingly)
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Coconut
Buttered popcorn
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POTATO OR SUBSTI- TUTE |
White or sweet potato
Brown or restored rice
Corn
Hominy
Enriched grits
Macaroni or noodles
Dried beans and peas
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Fried potatoes and potato chips (unless not cooked in oil)
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SOUPS |
Meat and chicken soups (soups should be cooled and fat removed from the top before reheating and serving)
Fat-Free broth and bouillion Soups made with skim milk and allowed vegatable oil-margarine
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Any soup made with butter, ordinary margarine or whole milk
Most canned soups
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SWEETS |
Gumdrops
Hard candy
Homemade candy without cream, whole milk, chocolate, or butter
Honey
Jam
Jelly
Jelly beans
Marshmellows
Mints made with allowed ingredients
Molasses
Syrup
Sugar
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Candies containing fats such as butter, chocolate, cocoa butter, coconut, or cream
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VEGE- TABLES |
2 servings or more of any vegetable
Do not cook with meat
Season with non-hydrogenated vegetable-oil margarine
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Any vegetables prepared with butter, ordinary margarine, cream, salt pork or bacon grease
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