List of Cholesterol and Triglyceride Reducing Foods

Maybe applied to any Meal Plan of choice.   Before doing your grocery shopping choose five foods from each catagory to buy and put in your refrigerator…………………

FRUITS
Apricots: Dried, cooked, unsweetened 1/2 cup
Banana, raw 1 medium
Cantaloupe, raw About 1/2 cup diced
Grapefruit juice: Canned or frozen, unsweetened 3/4 cup
Fresh 3/4 cup Honeydew melon, Melon balls (cantaloupe and honeydew),
Nectarine, raw 1 medium
Orange juice: 6 ounces
Peaches: Dried, cooked, unsweetened 1/2 cup
Pears: Dried, uncooked 1/2 cup
Pomegranate, raw 1 medium
Prunes, dried, cooked, unsweetened 1/2 cup
Prune juice, unsweetened 1/2 cup
Raisins 1/4 cup
Watermelon, raw About 1 3/4 cups diced

VEGETABLES
Artichoke, globe (french), cooked 1 medium
Asparagus, cooked 1/2 cup
Beans: Green, cooked 1/2 cup
Lima, cooked 1/2 cup
Cauliflower, cooked 1/2 cup
Chard, cooked 1/2 cup
Corn, cooked 1/2 cup
Mushrooms, cooked 1/2 cup
Parsnips, cooked 1/2 cup
Peas, green, cooked 1/2 cup
Plantain, green or ripe, boiled 1 medium
Potato: Baked or boiled, with or w/o skin 1 medium
Pumpkin, cooked 1/2 cup
Rutabaga, cooked 1/2 cup
Spinach, cooked 1/2 cup
Squash, winter, cooked, mashed 1/2 cup
Sweet-potato: Baked 1 medium or Boiled 1 medium
Tomatoes: Raw 1 med., Stewed 1/2 c., Tomato juice, canned 3/4 c. Tomato-vegetable juice or tomato juice cocktail, canned 3/4 c.

MEAT, POULTRY, FISH
Laura’s Meatis a nice lean meat that will be beneficial to reducing LDL while obtaining protein.
Meat and Poultry Beef: Brisket, braised, lean only 3 ounces
Ground; extra lean, lean, or regular; baked or broiled 1 patty
Pot roast, braised, lean only 3 ounces
Roast, rib, roasted, lean only 3 ounces
Short-ribs, braised, lean only 3 ounces
Steak, lean only: Baked or broiled 3 ounces + Braised 3 ounces
Stew meat, simmered, lean only 3 ounces
Chicken, without skin: Breast, broiled or roasted 1/2 breast
Leg (thigh and drumstick), broiled or roasted 1 leg
Cornish hen, roasted, without skin 1/2 hen
Ham, roasted, lean only: Fresh, Smoked or cured 3 ounces
Lamb, lean only: Chop, shoulder; baked, braised, or broiled 1 chop Roast, leg or shoulder, roasted 3 ounces
Pork: Chop, baked or broiled, lean only 1 chop
Cutlet or steak, baked or broiled, lean only 1 cutlet
Ground, cooked 3 ounces
Roast, roasted, lean only: Loin 3 ounces
Shoulder 3 ounces
Turkey, light or dark meat, roasted, without skin 3 ounces
Veal, lean only: Chop, braised 1 chop Cutlet or steak, pan broiled 1 cutlet, Roast, leg, roasted 3 ounces

FISH(Check for dietary cholesterol some fish and most shellfish can be high.)
Fish and Seafood Carp, catfish, flounder, or mullet; baked or broiled 3 ounces Haddock, mackerel, or porgy; baked or broiled 3 ounces
Clams: Canned, drained 3 ounces
Steamed or boiled 3 ounces
Cod, croaker, pompano, or trout; baked or broiled 3 ounces
Crabmeat, steamed 3 ounces
Lobster, steamed or boiled 3 ounces
Mussels, steamed, boiled, or poached 3 ounces
Ocean perch, perch, pike, sea bass, or whiting; baked or broiled 3 ounces
Oysters: Canned, undrained 3 ounces
Steamed 3 ounces + Salmon: Baked or broiled 3 ounces
Steamed, poached, or canned; drained 3 ounces
Scallops: Baked or broiled 3 ounces
Boiled or steamed 3 ounces
Swordfish steak, baked or broiled 3 ounces
Tuna, canned, drained 3 ounces

Legumes (Meat alternate)
Dry Beans, Peas, and Lentils Beans, cooked: Bayo, black, brown, or red kidney 1/2 c
Calico, chickpeas (garbanzo beans), mung, or pinto 1/2 cup
Lima, soybeans, or white 1/2 cup
Lentils, cooked 1/2 cup
Peas, split, green or yellow, cooked 1/2 cup
Soy milk 1 cup

MILK, CHEESE, AND YOGURT
Milk 1% or skim
Chocolate, made skim milk 1 c
lowfat or non fat cheese 1 ounce
Milk-based fruit drinks 1 c
Yogurt: Flavored, made with lowfat milk 8 ounces, Frozen 8 ounces, Fruit, made with lowfat or nonfat milk 8 ounces

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