Volume 1 Guidelines Calorie-Restricted Lipid-Lowering Diet

CALORIE-RESTRICTED LIPID-LOWERING DIET

Follow the standard lipid-lowering diet, with the following additional guidelines:

The amounts of some foods need to be controlled.

Sugar-rich foods, particularly biscuits, confectionery and pastries, should be avoided.

Alcohol should be avoided.

The diet regimen is best accompanied by a suitable programme of daily exercise.

Foods permitted without restriction in moderate helpings (used in meals or as snacks)

Vegetables (fresh or frozen, not tinned): use cooked or in salad or as crudités. Artichokes, asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, celery, chicory, cress, cucumber, endive, French (green) beans, green pepper, leek, lettuce, marrow, mushroom, onion (boiled), pumpkin (boiled), radish, spinach, tomato, turnip.

Fruit (fresh, not tinned): grapefruit, rhubarb.

Soup: broth, consommé, other clear soup.

Beverages: coffee or tea with skimmed milk, sugar-free soft drinks, mineral water. Aspartame, saccharine as sweeteners.

Foods permitted in controlled quantities. The stated number of units is chosen from the alternative foods in each group

Legumes (pulses): 1/2 cup, 3 4 times a week. boiled lentils, chick Peas, mung beans, butter beans, kidney beans, or pinto beans.

Cereal foods: 5 units per day. 1 thin slice of wholemeal bread cut from large loaf, or 1 cup of breakfast cereal, or 1/2 cup pasta, or 1/2 cup rice, or 1 small boiled or baked potato.

Fish, chicken, turkey, very lean meat: 100 g per day.

Dairy foods: 2 units per day. 1 cup skimmed milk or 1/2 cup low fat milk or 1 cup very low fat yoghurt without added sugar or 30 g skimmed milk based cottage cheese or 30 g 0% fat fromage frais. Plus 1-2 eggs per week.

Oils and fats: 10 g (2-3 teaspoons) per day. Sunflower oil or olive oil or polyunsaturated margarine. Plus 10 g per day of very low fat (20%) margarine.

Fruit: 4 items per day.

1 cup = 200 ml = 7 fluid ounces. 30 g = 1 ounce.

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