23/09/2016
Do & Don'ts
Check your diet. Not more than 30% of total calories should be from fat.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LOW CHOLESTEROL DIETS.
1.Do not use any hydrogenated fats e.g. ghee, butter, margarine (unless specified), vanaspati, coconut oil, and palm oil.
Use instead safflower (karadi) oil, Soya bean oil, sunflower oil, dietary, saffola, mazola or corn oil.
2.Avoid egg yolks and foods containing egg yolks e.g. mayonnaise, cakes, sauces, although egg white only is permitted.
3.Avoid all foods baked with fat (shortening lard etc.) e.g. cakes, pies, doughnuts etc.
4.Avoid whole milk, cream, cheese, whole milk curds and sweets made with concentrated milk e.g. gulab jamun, shrikhand, Mawa, chocolates et. Use only skimmed milk and its preparations, paneer made from skimmed milk can be used
5.All organ meats are to be avoided e.g. kidney, liver, brain, sweetbreads etc. Fat should be trimmed of all meat before use. De skin chicken before cooking. Avoid pork, ham and bacon. Avoid shellfish, clams, prawns, lobsters, fish roe, and fish liver oil. Use, fish and de skinned chicken. Meat used should be lean and its use judicious. Stews and meat stock if made earlier, can be chilled and the congealed fat should be scraped off and discarded.
6.Nuts all nuts are permitted except groundnut, cashew nuts which must be avoided.
7.Decrease the use of refined foods in your diet, e.g. maida, corn flour, spaghetti, macaroni etc.
Increase and include instead, high fiber foods e.g. salads, greens, chapattis (made with atta), leafy vegetables etc.
8.Roast and boil foods on a rack so fat can drain off. Make use of non stick vessels/pan and decrease consumption of fats and oils whilst cooking.
INSTRUCTIONS
1.Follow maintenance Diet-Controlled carbohydrate, controlled and modified fat, low cholesterol
Control the carbohydrate foods that you eat. Carbohydrate (sugar and starch) foods are limited. This means that sugar is not allowed, jaggery, honey and refined foods e.g. macaroni, spaghetti, bread, biscuits should be limited.
Free Foods i.e. Foods Allowed.
Clear Soup Soda
Coffee Flavoring Essence
Herbs Vinegar
Mustard Spices.
Suggestions for Meals away from Home.
When you eat out daily, it is wise to select one particular restaurant some of your food requires special preparation. A
regular customer is more like to receive special attention.
MEAT
Trim off all fat. The sagest choice is a chop, steak, chicken (deskinned) or fish. Request that the meat be made without fat. e.g. Tandoori Chicken, grilled kababs, tikkas.
VEGETABLES
Most Vegetables are not limited. However avoid those that are made in cream (malai) e.g. Vegetable Makhanwalla;
cheese or whole milk. Ask that your serving of vegetables be made without fat.
SALAD
Avoid salads with cream dressings, mayonnaise, and cheese. Instead take Cucumber or mixed salads etc.
FAT
Limit the amount according to your diet plan.
BREAD
Limit according to your diet plan. Avoid, rolls, biscuits, muffins, take instead phulka, chapattis, bhakri etc.
BEVERAGE
Skim Milk, Thin lassi (non sweet) lie juice (non sweet), fresh lime and soda, coconut water, tomato juice (not tinned, non sweet) tea/coffee (non sweet) these are allowed.
DESSERT
For dessert choose a fresh fruit (not tinned) e.g. fresh papaya slice, water melon slice, plums cherries, fresh orange etc.
