Spectrum of Food Choices:
Choose in Moderation
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- Nuts and seeds
- Olives
- Avocados
- Steamed, grilled or poached deep-water fish
- Lean poultry: white chicken or turkey meat without skin
- Low-fat dairy products
- White bread
- Refined-grain breakfast cereals
- White rice
- White pasta
- Fruit juice
- Alcoholic beverages
- Fat-free sugar-based bakery products
- Regular soft drinks and sugar-sweetened carbonated fruit drinks and beverages
- White sugar, brown sugar, syrup, candies, etc.
Food Spectrum Chart

To keep track of your heart healthy dieting choices, print this out as a daily reminder. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to see this file. Download it here.
Dr. Dean Ornish
Preventive Medicine Research Institute
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