Cholesterol-lowering diet
Note: cholesterol diets are not necessarily to lose weight, focus on reducing saturated fats in your daily caloric intake only.
breakfast
1 cup nonfat yogurt
Free fruit (fruit is naturally cholesterol-free)
2 whole-grain toast
snack
2 crackers with cottage cheese
1 apple
food
1 bowl of mixed salad, especially cos
Grilled chicken cooked with a little olive oil or grilled
1 oatmeal cookie
dinner
Sandwich bread, cream cheese, lettuce, tomato, spinach and turkey
Baked Vegetables: broccoli, carrot, onion and green pepper with salt, pepper and balsamic vinegar
frozen strawberry yogurt for dessert
Recommendations for cholesterol diet:
Forbidden foods:
Fatty meats like pork and bacon.
Avoid meats and processed meats.
Organs such as liver and pate.
Shellfish such as shrimp, lobster, crab.
Eggs, limit intake to 2 per week or eat the whites only.
Canned foods.
Ready to eat processed foods such as muffins, pastries, donuts.
Fried food.
Artificial-fatty foods or trans fats.
Full fat diaries, such as milk, cheese, milk and cream, butter
Permitted foods
Lean meats, chicken and turkey
fish
Egg
Vegetables and fruit
Whole grain cereals
Fat dairy, limit intake.
