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Fat-Controlled Diet

Keeping you healthy is our main aim here at The GI Center. As your physicians, it is our aim to provide the best guidance of diet as well as medicine. In doing so, also please remember that it is not possible to mention each and every food component that is available in this world. Our instructions are designed to serve as guidance only. If you have any specific question regarding anything not fully addressed here, please call your physician.

Purpose: A low fat diet is healthy and beneficial for cardiac patients and certain gastrointestinal disorders. Patients with gallbladder disease, fatty liver, gastroparesis (slow gastric motility), pancreatitis, diarrhea or malabsorption problems all benefit from a low fat diet. Fat stimulates the gallbladder to contract which can aggravate gallstones or gallbladder disease. Fat slows down empyting of the stomach which can cause nausea and vomiting. A diet high in fat can worsen pancreatitis and cause fatty liver to progress to cirrhosis.

Food Group	Foods Allowed	Foods to Avoid
Meats & Meat Substitutes	Lean beef such as sirloin, round, chuck; veal Lean pork such as tenderloin, chops, and fresh, canned, or cured boiled ham, Canadian bacon Lean lamb such as chops or leg Poultry without the skin All fresh, frozen, or canned fish packed in water Eggs (limit to 3-4 yolks weekly) Broil, roast, grill, or boil meats, poultry, and fish instead of frying. Trim all visible fat before cooking. Select or prepare meats in their natural juice instead of with sauces and gravies.	Canned fish packed in oil All fried, fatty, or heavily marbled meat, poultry, or fish such as: ground beef, pork, or lamb; ribs; corned beef; sausage Most luncheon meats including bologna, salami and pimento loaf, frankfurters Dry peas and beans prepared with fat or high-fat meat Nuts and peanut butter
Vegetables	Fresh, frozen, or canned vegetables Cook vegetables in broth or sprinkle with herbs and spices to add flavor.	Vegetables prepared with added fat, cream sauces, or cheese sauces
Fruits & Fruit Juices	All fresh, frozen, canned, or dried fruit Avocado Fruit juices Snack on fresh or dried fruits instead of chips or cookies.
Grains & Starches	Whole-grain or enriched breads, cereals, rice, barley, and pastas Fat-free crackers Choose a tomato-based sauce instead of cream sauce for pastas Use fruit spreads on breads in place of butter or margarine.	Breads prepared with eggs or cheese Granola-type cereals Biscuits, pancakes, croissants, muffins, or doughnuts High-fat snack crackers
Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese	Skim milk; skim milk cheeses with less than 5 grams of fat per ounce Low-fat or nonfat yogurt and cottage cheese In recipes, substitute skim or evaporated skim milk, or low-fat yogurt for whole milk and cream.	1%, 2% and whole milk, buttermilk, chocolate milk, and cream Regular, hard, and processed cheeses
Fats	Limit fat choices to 3-5 servings each day. One serving equals: 1 teaspoon of margarine, butter, regular mayonnaise, oil, shortening, and bacon fat 1 teaspoon of diet margarine, reduced-calorie mayonnaise, reduced-calorie creamy salad dressing, regular oil-based salad dressing, cream cheese, and whipping cream 2 tablespoons of reduced-calorie salad dressing (oil-based), shredded coconut, liquid coffee whitener and sour cream
Snacks, Sweets, Condiments, and Beverages	Fat-free broth or soups	Cream or cheese sauces, soups and gravies
	Fruit ice, gelatin, angel food cake, graham crackers, and nonfat desserts Honey, jams, jellies, syrups, and hard candy Honey, jams, jellies, syrups, and hard candy Coffee, tea, soda, and other nondairy drinks Try lemon juice, vinegar, or garlic or onion powder on cooked foods in place of butter or margarine	Cakes, cookies, pies and ice cream Coconut, chocolate, and creamed candy High-fat snacks such as chips and buttered popcorn