Patient Education

1500 Fulton Heights Danville, VA 24541 1-877-846-8930 www.gatewayhealth.com

Healthy Foods

There are many things you can do to get and stay healthy! Use the chart below as a guideline to eating healthy foods.

Maintain a cholesterol level below 200.

Maintain appropriate body weight.

Keep blood pressure under control.

Exercise three or four times weekly.

Avoid excess stress.

Do not smoke cigarettes.

Salt food as little as possible.

Avoid packaged crackers and baking mixtures which contain coconut oil or palm oil.

Incorporate dried beans, oat bran, popcorn, oatmeal, pecans, and walnuts into your diet to reduce cholesterol.

Eat Often Eat Occasionally Eat Rarely

Dairy Skim milk, nonfat dry milk, evaporated skim milk, skim buttermilk, skim yogurt

Lowfat milk (1-2%), margarine, Lowfat yogurt, non-dairy whipped cream topping

Whole milk, buttermilk, cream, butter, condensed milk, goat milk, sour cream, evaporated milk

Cheese Lowfat cottage cheese, Lowfat natural cheeses, Weight Watchers cheeses, Laughing Cow gruyere

Creamed cottage cheese, Camenbert, provolone, part-skim ricotta, part-skim mozzarella, parmesan

American, bleu, Brie, cheddar, Colby, cream cheese, Edam, feta, gouda, gruyere, ricotta, swiss

Eggs Egg whites (use 2 for 1 whole egg), egg substitute

Whole egg (maximum 3 per week, including those in baked goods)

Eggs Benedict, eggnog

Oils Corn, olive, safflower, sunflower, canola, soybean, butter substitute

Peanut, sesame, condensed, vegetable, margarine, shortening

Coconut and palm, butter fat, beef suet, bacon fat, chicken fat, lard

Fruits/ Vegs. Fruits and vegetables, juices (all types), dried beans and peas

Avocado, black or green olives Coconut, whole or shredded

Grains

Breads; cornbread, whole wheat, pita, raisin, rye, pumpernickel. Muffins; blueberry, bran, English, oat bran. Whole grain cereals, rice, pasta (no eggs), barley

Banana bread, biscuits, bread sticks, egg pasta, graham crackers, melba toast, pretzels, rye crackers, home- made French toast, pancakes, waffles (using egg whites)

Butter rolls and crackers, cheese breads, croissants, doughnuts, Danish pastry, egg bagels, egg breads, cereals with coconut

Meats/ Poultry

Chicken and turkey (light meat, no skin), ham trimmed of fat, Canadian bacon, turkey frankfurter, turkey bologna

Lean beef, tenderloin, eye round steak, sirloin, trimmed lamb pork or veal, chicken/turkey dark meat, spaghetti with meat sauce

Ground beef, spare ribs, bologna bacon, corned beef, duck, hamburger, frankfurter, liver, kidney, sausage, salami, pastrami

Seafood Cod, salmon, crab, flounder, haddock, halibut, sole, snapper, trout, scallops

Clams, herring, lobster, mackerel, oysters, tuna (packed in water)

Caviar, breaded fish sticks, shrimp, squid, sardines tuna (packed in oil)

Extras Barbecue sauce, herbs, garlic, jams and jellies, ketchup, relish, mustard, pickles, white sauce

Salad dressings, French, Italian, Green Goddess, Ranch, Miracle Whip, Lowfat Mayonnaise

Salad dressings: bleu cheese, Russian, Thousand Island, Tartar sauce, Hollandaise, mayonnaise

Nuts Almonds, chestnuts, pecans, walnuts Peanuts, peanut butter, Brazil nuts Cashews, macadamia nuts

Desserts

Angel food cake, fresh or canned fruit, gelatin, gingerbread, oatmeal cookies, pudding (skim milk), sherbet, tofu dessert

Chocolate chip or peanut butter cookies, brownies, carrot cake, cherry pie, tapioca, frozen yogurt, ice milk, pumpkin pie, Twinkies

Apple pie, cheesecake, egg custard, chocolate cake or pie, custard pies, ice cream, lemon meringue pie, ladyfingers