circulating in your blood and raise your risk of heart disease. To reduce the risk of heart
disease, the National Cholesterol Education Project recommends following the Step I and
Step II diets.
The Step I diet provides no more than 30 percent of total daily calories from fat, no
more than 10 percent of total daily calories from saturated fat, and no more than 300 mg
of cholesterol per day. It is designed for healthy people whose cholesterol is in the range of
200–239 mg/dL.
The Step II diet provides 25–35 percent of total calories from fat, less than 7 percent
of total calories from saturated fat, up to 10 percent of total calories from polyunsaturated
fat, up to 20 percent of total calories from monounsaturated fat, and less than 300 mg cho-
lesterol per day. This stricter regimen is designed for people who have one or more of the
following conditions:
Existing cardiovascular disease
High levels of low-density lipoproteins (LDLs, or “bad” cholesterol) or low
levels of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs, or “good” cholesterol)
Obesity
Type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes, or diabetes mellitus)
Metabolic syndrome, a.k.a. insulin resistance syndrome, a cluster of risk fac-
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