Low Fat Diet
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- Milk and milk products – Avoid whole, 2% or even 1% fat milk, sour cream, non-dairy creamers, and cheeses unless they contain no or low-fat.
- Breads, grains, baked foods – There is almost always some fat in all baked goods. This is particularly true with muffins, biscuits, doughnuts, cakes, granola and snacks such as potato and corn chips. In general, these should be avoided. Read the labels of packaged or boxed goods.
- Vegetables – Avoid fried vegetables or those prepared with cream, cheeses, butter or dips.
- Fruits – Avocados have a significant amount of vegetable oil. Otherwise, most fruits have very little fat.
- Meat, poultry, fish – Select low-fat items. Trim visible fat or skin. Hot dogs and all processed meats such as luncheon meats, sausage, corned beef, bacon, pork and beef ribs should be avoided. Certain fish such as blue, salmon, mackerel and swordfish are high in fat. These are generally very good from an overall health standpoint, but with a low fat diet, they need to be used sparingly.
- Soups – Avoid creamed or thick soups. When using stock such as beef or chicken, defat the liquid before using.
- Oils, butter – Olive, canola, saffron or any vegetable or liquid animal fat such as lard and butter are obvious offenders and should be used in very low amounts.
- Nuts – Most nuts have significant quantities of fat. These will add to the total fat intake each day.
