Choose lean meats (chicken, turkey, veal, and nonfatty cuts of beef with excess fat trimmed). (One serving = 3 oz of cooked meat.) Also, fresh or frozen fish and canned fish packed in water. Meats and fish should be broiled (pan or oven) or baked on a rack.

Egg whites (use freely). Egg yolks (limit three per week).

Eat three servings of fresh fruit per day (l serving = 1/2 cup).

Be sure to have at least one citrus fruit daily. Frozen or canned fruit with no sugar or syrup added may be used.

Most vegetables are not limited (see foods to avoid). One dark-green (string beans, escarole) or one deep-yellow (squash) vegetable is recommended daily. Vegetables may be boiled, steamed, strained, or braised with polyunsaturated vegetable oil (see below).

Dried peas or beans (1 serving = 1/2 cup) may be used as a bread substitute.

Pecans, walnuts, and peanuts may be used sparingly. 1 serving = 1 tablespoonful.

One roll or one slice of whole-grain or enriched bread may be used or three soda crackers or four pieces of melba toast as a substitute. Spaghetti, rice, or noodles (1/2 cup) or 1/2 large ear of corn may be used as a bread substitute. In preparing these foods, do not use butter or shortening; use soft margarine. Also use egg and sugar substitutes.

Use 1/2 cup of hot cereal or 3/4 cup of cold cereal per day. Add a sugar substitute if desired.

Always use skim milk or skim milk products such as low-fat cheeses (farmer's, uncreamed cottage, mozzarella), low-fat yogurt, and powdered skim milk.

Soft margarine and polyunsaturated vegetable oils derived from safflower, soybean, sunflower, corn, or sesame seeds.

Limit to two servings per day; substitute each serving for a bread! cereal serving: ice milk, water sherbet (1/4 cup); unflavored gelatin or gelatin flavored with sugar substitute (1/3 cup); pudding prepared with skim milk (1/2 cup); egg white souffles; unbuttered popcorn (1 1/2 cups).

Fresh fruit juices (limit 4 oz per day); black coffee, plain or herbal teas; soft drinks with sugar substitutes; club soda, preferably salt-free; cocoa made with skim milk or nonfat dried milk and water (sugar substitute added if desired); clear broth. Alcohol: limit, two servings per day (see foods to avoid).

You may use the following freely: Vinegar, spices, herbs, /1onfat bouillon, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, flavoring essence.