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TLC Diet
Reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease with one of the best diets of the year!
BACKGROUND
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Created by the National Institutes of Health’s National Cholesterol Education Program, the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes Diet (TLC) is a low-fat diet designed to lower cholesterol and lower cardiovascular disease risk.
The TLC diet stresses cutting fat, especially saturated fat, which can raise bad cholesterol levels and your risk of heart attack and stroke. Daily dietary cholesterol is also limited and more fiber is encouraged which helps manage high cholesterol in those that already have it.
PRO
- Endorsed by the American Heart Association
- Great for your heart and cholesterol
- Lowers cholesterol and cardiovascular risk
- Safe for all ages
- Fits national standards for a heart healthy diet
- Freedom to choose foods you enjoy
CON
- Not designed for weight loss
- Must be able to decode nutrition labels
- Menu is left entirely up to dieter
DIET and NUTRITION
The TLC diet begins by choosing your target calorie level: 2,500 per day for men and 1,800 for women. Then, limit saturated fat to less than 7 percent of those daily calories. Consume no more than 200 milligrams of dietary cholesterol a day.
After six weeks, if your LDL cholesterol hasn’t dropped by 8 to 10 percent, add 2 grams of plant stanols or sterols and 10 to 25 grams of soluble fiber each day, which help block the absorption of cholesterol.
Choose a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low to nonfat dairy products, fish, and lean proteins. Limit or eliminate butter and oil. Meals are entirely up to the dieter, but sample meal plans are available.
EXERCISE
Exercise is not a part of the TLC diet.
CONCLUSION
The TLC diet is a great diet for your health and heart. While it seems common knowledge that to lower cholesterol, lower the amount of fat you eat, but the combination of specific calorie and saturated fat levels gives structure to those who need parameters.
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