Lowering Your Cholesterol - First Steps: Reduce Saturated Fats
Lowering Your Cholesterol - First Steps: Reduce Saturated Fats
Lowering Your Cholesterol - First Steps: Reduce Saturated Fats
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numbers of calories, which can make you put on weight. It is therefore important to consume
these in moderate amounts.
Foods from the green section are low in fat; these should make up the most of your diet. Foods
in the yellow section should be consumed in moderation and foods in the red section should be
consumed very rarely.
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Skimmed or semi- Whole, evaporated or
skimmed milk Edam condensed Milk
Cottage cheese Camembert Cream
Low-fat yoghurt Eggs Ice cream
Eggs, dairy
Boiled, griddled or Low fat cheese Most hard cheeses
foods
poached eggs Reduced fat cream, Chocolate
Unsweetened soya crème fraiche and Cream cheese
milk with added yogurts Eggs cooked with lots
calcium of butter or cheese
Low-fat spreads
Butter
Margarine high in
Fats and Dripping and lard
None polyunsaturates
spreads Margarine not high in
Corn oil, sunflower oil
polyunsaturates
and olive oil
Tea and coffee
Skimmed or semi-
skimmed milk
Cream soups
Mineral water
Drinks and Packet soups Milky drinks eg hot
soups Fruit juices – limit to chocolate or milky
one glass a day and
coffees using full milk
aim for fresh or from
concentrate rather than
juice drinks
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If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the nutrition and dietetics
department on 020 7188 2010 or 020 7188 4128 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm). If we
are unable to take your call, please leave us a message and we will call you back.
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you make choices about your health.
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