Choose Your Food According to Your

 

 Health Status

 

 

1. Iron Deficiency

 

2. Gout Disease (High Level of Uric Acid)

 

3. High Blood Cholesterol

 

4. Diabetes

 

5. Dyslipidemia  

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 - Food items that are rich in iron:

• Pigeon, roast beef, chicken legs & wings, veal, lamb, steaks.

• Eggs (especially dried, fried or omlettes).

• Kidney and liver.

• Sardines, sparts (baby sardines), mussels canned shrimps.

• Parsley (raw) & spinach (boiled).

• Dried apricots, figs, dates, prunes & raisins.

• Almonds and walnuts.

• Liquorice.

• Citrus fruits, pineapple, guava.

 

 

2 - Food items that increase blood uric acid levels

•  Alcohol

• Coffee and tea.

• Whole grain cereals and bread (bran flakes,

• brown bread, etc).

• Nuts (cashew, almonds, hazel, brazil nuts, etc).

• Lard and fat from cooked meat (fat on bacon).

• Animal organs (liver, kidney, brain, tongue).

• Anchovies and sardines.

• Meat extracts (Maggi cubes of beef and chicken).

• Asparagus, cauliflower, mushrooms, spinach.

• Large quantities of beef, chicken, lamb, or fish.

 

3 - Food items that increase blood cholesterol levels

• Egg yolk

• Milk, labneh, laban, cheese, butter.

• Fatty meat, minced meat, corned beef, luncheon meat, sausages, bacon, pork, duck.

• Liver, kidney, brains, pate de foie.

• Caviar, salmon, sardines, tuna, fish paste.

• Avocado, coconut, cashew nuts.

• Chocolate, toffee, Arabic sweets, cakes, gateau, pancakes.

• Mayonnaise, vegetable oil (other than corn, cottonseed, ground nut & sunflower)

     cooked olive oil.

 

 

4 - Food items that increase blood glucose levels:

• Sugar, all kinds of sweets, jam, chocolate, cakes, honey, halawa, ice cream.

• Bananas, figs, dates, grapes, kharma, melons.

• Nuts and chestnuts.

• Juice concentrates & soft drinks (cola, etc).

• Large quantities of bread, potatoes or pasta

 

 

 

5 - Food item that raise HDL and / or lower LDL cholesterols:

• Raw Onions

• Omega-3 acids: Found In fish, safflower oil, corn oil, sunflower oil, canola oil,

     and dark green vegetables.

• Oils high in monounsaturated fats: olive oil (uncooked), canola oil and peanut oil.

• Soluble fibers: found in whole grain, brown rice, citrus fruits, apples, grapes, legumes

    and lentils.

• Citrus juice.

• Soya products.

• Alcohol in Moderation: Particularly wine (red better than white), and beer.