Low-Fat Diet

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Most diet experts agree that Americans eat too much fat. A low-fat diet in children beyond infancy can help prevent obesity and the dangers it causes to health. Use the diet suggestions below for general good health or for dietary treatment of your child's condition as recommended by your doctor. Portions recommended are for children age ten or older. Younger children should eat proportionately less.

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FOODS	ALLOWED	OMITTED
BEVERAGES	Coffee Tea Carbonated beverages	No restrictions
BREADSAND CEREALS	4 servings or more a day of whole-grain or enriched cereals White,whole wheat, rye,or French bread Plain rolls Saltines Graham crackers Wheat crackers Corn or flour tortillas	Biscuits Cornbread Pancakes and waffles,unless made with allowed vegetable oils, egg white, and skim milk or buttermilk Doughnuts Commercial coffee cakes Cheese crackers Pretzels Rusks
DESSERTS	Angel food cake Cakes and cookies with skim milk, oil, and egg whites Fruit pie and cobblers (or pastry made with allowed oils) Fruit whips Fruit meringues Gelatin desserts Puddings and custards made with skim milk Sherberts Fruit ices	Desserts containing butter or margarine, chocolate, cream,egg yolk (unless from day's allowance), shortening or whole milk(such as ice cream or regular puddings) Commercial cakes Cookies Pastries
EGGS	Egg whites as desired, but limit egg yolks to not more than 3 per week, including those used in cooking Low cholesteral egg subsitute
FATS (USE SPARINGLY)	Corn oil Cottonseed oil Safflower oil Soybean oil Non-hydrogenated vegatable oil Sunflower seed oil Commercial mayonaisse and salad dressings Peanut oil Olive oil	Trim all visible fat on meats Butter Chocolate Coconut oil Cream Lard Hydrogenated(hardened) fats Margarine(except non-hydrogenated vegetable oil) Bacon drippings
FRUITS	2 servings or more a day	Avocado
MEATS AND MEAT SUBSTI-TUTES	5 ounces daily total of lean meat, fish or poultry(trim all visible fat from meat before cooking) Low-fat cottage cheese Sapsago cheese Mozerella cheese Specially prepared low-cholesteral cheeses Mature shelled beans and peas Peanut butter(for second entree when possible) Barbeque (using only sauce without oils), broil, boil, or roast on a rack so fat will drip out Nuts(particularly peanuts and walnuts if caloric allowance permits) Tripe Beef, veal, or liver once a month	Liver Duck Goose Bacon Salt pork Sausage Lunch meat Frankfurters Brisket Shortribs Club, porterhouse and T-bone steaks Prime rib roasts Cheese (except those allowed) Any fish prepared with fats other than oils allowed Cashew nuts
MILK	1 1/2 pints a day of skim milk or buttermilk Cocoa prepared with skim milk	Whole milk Evaporated milk Bulgarian buttermilk Beverages containing chocolate(note:cocoa is allowed) Ice cream Ice milk Eggs Cream
MISC.	Herbs Catsup Mustard Pickles Spices Gravies made from pan drippings skimmed free of fat Popcorn cooked in oil or non-hydrogenated vegetable oil margarine Olives(use sparingly)	Coconut Buttered popcorn
POTATO OR SUBSTI-TUTE	White or sweet potato Brown or restored rice Corn Hominy Enriched grits Macaroni or noodles Dried beans and peas	Fried potatoes and potato chips (unless not cooked in oil)
SOUPS	Meat and chicken soups (soups should be cooled and fat removed from the top before reheating and serving) Fat-Free broth and bouillion Soups made with skim milk and allowed vegatable oil-margarine	Any soup made with butter, ordinary margarine or whole milk Most canned soups
SWEETS	Gumdrops Hard candy Homemade candy without cream, whole milk, chocolate, or butter Honey Jam Jelly Jelly beans Marshmellows Mints made with allowed ingredients Molasses Syrup Sugar	Candies containing fats such as butter, chocolate, cocoa butter, coconut, or cream
VEGE-TABLES	2 servings or more of any vegetable Do not cook with meat Season with non-hydrogenated vegetable-oil margarine	Any vegetables prepared with butter, ordinary margarine, cream, salt pork or bacon grease

(Adapted from The Arizona Diet Manual, by the Diet Therapy Section of The Arizona Dietetic Association, Inc.)