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How To Cut Down Your Cholesterol Intake
High Cholesterol Foods
Dairy
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Protein
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Fruits &
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Low Cholesterol Substitutions
Whole milk – regular, evaporated or
condensed
2 percent low fat milk
Cheeses (Cheddars, Swiss,
American, Bleu, Brie, Feta,
Muenster, Roguefort, Camembert
Whole milk cottage cheese
(4 percent fat)
Ice Cream
Whole milk yogurt
Imitation milk products: most nondairy creamers, whipped toppings
(note type of fat)
Cream, Half-n-Half, regular sour
cream
Cream cheese
Egg yolks – Limit to 3-4 per week
including those used in meal
preparation
Organ meats (liver, kidney, gizzard,
brains, heart
Fatty red meats: beef, lamb, pork,
ham, corned beef brisket, regular
ground beef, short ribs
Poultry: goose, domestic duck
Processed meats: bologna, sausage,
salami, regular hotdogs, regular
bacon, scrapple)
Spare ribs, ground pork
Canned meats (Spam)
Macadamia nuts
Any vegetable or fruit with added
butter, margarine, creams and sauces
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Skim or 1 percent fat milk; liquid,
powdered or evaporated, skim,
buttermilk
Part skim mozzarella, ricotta, or
Swiss cheese
Low-fat and fat-free cheese
Farmer cheese, cottage cheese (1% or
or 2%)
Ice Milk
Low-fat frozen yogurt
Skim or 1 percent fat milk
Buttermilk made from skim milk
Fat free sour cream
Fat free Half-n-Half
Fat-free cream cheese
Cholesterol-free egg substitutes
Egg whites (two whites = one whole
egg in recipes)
Fish, and shellfish, tuna waterpacked
Lean cuts of beef, pork, veal, lamb, or
ham (nor more than 3-5 times a week)
Dried beans
Poultry without skin
Nuts
Wild game (venison, wild turkey)
Fresh, frozen, canned, dried fruits and
vegetables
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How To Cut Down Your Cholesterol Intake
High Cholesterol Foods
Breads &
Cereals
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Baked goods: pies, cakes, cookies,
doughnuts, all mixes
Regular potato chips, snack crackers
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Low Cholesterol Substitutions
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Fats
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Greasy rolls, muffins, croissants
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Egg breads
All bread mixes
Rice, stuffing and pasta mixes or
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prepared with cream, butter or cheese
sauce
Butter
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Hydrogenated fats: shortening, lard
and bacon
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Coconut and palm oil, cocoa butter
Margarine in which first ingredient is
partially hydrogenated oil
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Chocolate, milk, coconut
Dressings made with egg yolk, bleu
cheese or regular sour cream.
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Angel food cake
Fat-free baked desserts
Desserts made with applesauce
instead of oil
Low fat crackers/snacks (Rye crisp,
bread sticks, baked tortilla chips, airpopped popcorn
Whole grain breads and cereals
(oatmeal/oat bran, whole wheat, rye,
bran)
Rice, pasta, noodles (no added fat)
Tub style margarine with one
polyunsaturated oil in liquid form
Monounsaturated oils: olive, peanut,
canola
Polyunsaturated oils: corn, safflower,
soybean, sunflower, sesame seed,
cottonseed
Non-stick spray, fat free dips, liquid
margarine
Cocoa, dark chocolate
Salad dressing (diet or made with
polyunsaturated oils)
Nuts such as walnuts, almonds, (Limit
to 1 Tbsp. chopped as a serving.