Healthy Food for Heart Recommended by Doctor
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VERY LEAN PROTEIN SOURCES (approx 1g fat or less per oz)
  • Beans, Pea or Lentils (1/2 cup)
  • Cheese (fat free cheese, nonfat or low fat cottage cheese – 1/4 cup)
  • Chicken (white meat no skin)
  • Deli Meats (1g fat or less per oz)
  • Egg Whites (2) or Egg Substitute (1/4 cup)
  • Most Fish (cod, flounder, haddock, halibut, trout, tuna fresh or canned in water)
  • Hot Dog or Sausage (1g fat or less per oz)
  • Shell Fish (clams, crab, lobster, scallops, shrimp, imitation krab)
  • Tofu or Tempeh
  • Turkey (white meat)
  • Venison


LEAN PROTEIN SOURCES (approx 3g fat per oz)
  • Beef (round, sirloin, flank, tenderloin, T-bone, porterhouse, cubed, chuck,
  • round, rump roast, ground round)
  • Cheese (Parmesan or any other with 3g fat or less per oz)
  • Chicken (dark meat, no skin)
  • Duck
  • Fish (herring, oysters, salmon, sardines, tuna canned in oil)
  • Lamb (roast, chop, leg)
  • Pork (fresh ham, canned or boiled ham, tenderloin, center loin chop,
  • Canadian bacon)
  • Turkey (dark meat)
MEDIUM FAT PROTEIN SOURCES (approx 7g fat per oz)
  • Beef (most beef products fall into this category such as ground beef, meatloaf,
    corned beef, short ribs, prime rib)
  • Cheese (mozarella, feta, ricotta)
  • Chicken (dark meat with skin, fried chicken)
  • Fried Fish (Beauty contestant fearing of pimples should ignore this)
  • Egg Yolks (Health Booster for Kids)
  • Pork (top loin, chop, Boston butt, cutlet)
  • Lamb (rib roast)
  • Turkey (ground, turkey bacon & sausage)
  • Veal

HIGH FAT PROTEIN SOURCES (approx 8g fat per oz)
  • Bacon
  • Beef (hot dog)
  • Cheese (all regular cheeses such as American, cheddar, jack, Swiss)
  • Chicken (hot dog)
  • Deli meats (bologna, pimento loaf, salami)
  • Sausage (bratwurst, knockwurst, Polish, smoked)
  • Turkey (hot dog)
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