Low Cholesterol Diet
Low Cholesterol Diet
Low Cholesterol Diet
Dietary Department
Foods Allowed
Vegetables All prepared without fat or with allowed fats
only
Fruit All. When using avocado adjust fat allowance
Milk Skimmed or non-fat milk
Rice or substitute All cereals, root crops and tubers; pan de sal,
noodles except those under avoided
Meat, fish, egg or substitute Use often: lean fish (fresh or frozen or canned
in water), chicken without skin and fat
Use occasionally: very lean, well trimmed cuts
of beef, veal, pork, crab meat, shrimp without
head
Eggs, whole
Fat In prescribed amounts: corn, soybean, olive,
sesame, peanut and cotton seed oils, coconut
oil, in amount to yield a P/S ratio of 1:1,
peanuts.
Beverage Coffee (not more than 5 cups black) tea,
carbonated beverages.
Soup Soups made with skim milk, fat-free broths
made from meat or chicken stock or
concentrates.
Miscellaneous Non-dairy cream substitutes, seasonings and
spices in moderation; sauce made with allowed
fats and skim milk, vinegar, pickles, mustard,
catsup, banana sauce
Foods Avoided
Vegetables Buttered, creamed, fried in restricted fats, or
cooked with fatty meat.
Fruit None
Milk All others
Rice or substitute Croissants, muffins, crackers, biscuits, waffles,
pancakes, rolls made with whole eggs, butter,
margarine or fat of unknown composition,
mami, miqui.
Meat, fish or substitute Fatty meats, fish roe and caviar, internal
organs; sausages, cold cuts; canned or frozen
meats, fatty poultry with skin, tripe,, sweet
breads, lobster, crab roe(aligui), shrimp head,
oyster, clams.