T herapeutic Diet
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Prescribed according your case many disease improved by the following diet.
Because you already have heart disease or are at high risk for developing it, you should start on the TLC Diet right away. The TLC Diet is a low saturated fat, low cholesterol diet that will help to reduce your blood cholesterol level to decrease your chance of developing heart disease, future heart attacks, and other heart disease complications. |
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you should eat:
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Less than 7% of the day's total calories from saturated fat. |
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25-35 percent of the day’s total calories from fat. |
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Less than 200 milligrams of dietary cholesterol a day. |
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Limit sodium intake to 2400 milligrams a day. |
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Just enough calories to achieve or maintain a healthy weight and reduce your blood cholesterol level. (Ask your doctor or registered dietitian what is a reasonable calorie level for you.) |
Activity Descriptions:
The following is a list of selected activities and occupations that are factors in estimating your calorie needs. These activities have been divided into three levels: light, moderate and heavy. Please look at the list and note which types of activities you spend most of your time doing. Then select the activity level that best reflects how you spend most of your time on most days of the week. There are many other activities and occupations that do not appear on this list. Use your best judgment to select an activity level that comes closest to your actual activities and occupation.
LIGHT
Desk work, electrical trades, carpentry, restaurant trades, child care, leisurely walking, light housework, golf, sailing, table tennis.
MODERATE
Office work on feet, walking for exercise, gardening and yard work, farming, strenuous housework, downhill skiing, cycling, dancing, tennis, running.
HEAVY
Walking uphill, construction work and other types of physical labor, basketball, climbing, football, soccer.
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