Low-Cholesterol Diet

Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (“TLC”) cholesterol diet

What you eat can make a difference in your cholesterol levels. Making the right choices can help you steer your cholesterol in the right direction and may even be able to help you slow plaque buildup in your arteries.

If your cholesterol level is too high, your doctor or nutritionist may recommend the Therapeutic Lifestyle Diet, or TLC Diet, developed by the National Institutes of Health.

The TLC diet is a low-saturated fat, low-cholesterol diet that recommends:

  • Less than 7% of your calories should come from saturated fat
  • You should limit the cholesterol from food to less than 200 mg per day
  • You should consume only enough calories to maintain a desirable weight and avoid weight gain

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cup (220 g)

Servings Per Container 6

Amount Per Serving

Calories 260 Calories from Fat 120

% Daily Value*
 
  • Total Fat 13 g 20%
  • Saturated Fat 5 g25%
  •  
  • Trans Fat 2 g
  • Cholesterol 30 mg 10%
  • Sodium 660 mg 28%
  • Total Carbohydrate 31 g 10%
  • Dietary Fiber 0g0%
  • Sugars 5 g
  • Protein 5 g
  • Vitamin A 4%
  • Vitamin C 2%
  • Calcium 15%
  • Iron 4%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

Nutritional facts as they relate to 2,000 and 2,500 calorie diet

  Calories 2,000 2,500
Total Fat Less than 65 g 80 g
Sat Fat Less than 20 g 25 g
Cholesterol Less than 300 mg 300 mg
Sodium Less than 2,400 mg 2,400 mg
Total Carbohydrate   300 g 375 g
Dietary Fiber   25 g 30 g

Calories per gram:

  • Fat 9
  • Carbohydrate 4
  • Protein 4

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cup (220 g)

Servings Per Container 6

Amount Per Serving

Calories 260 Calories from Fat 120

% Daily Value*
 
  • Total Fat 13 g 20%
  • Saturated Fat 5 g25%
  •  
  • Trans Fat 2 g
  • Cholesterol 30 mg 10%
  • Sodium 660 mg 28%
  • Total Carbohydrate 31 g 10%
  • Dietary Fiber 0 g0%
  • Sugars 5 g
  • Protein 5 g
  • Vitamin A 4%
  • Vitamin C 2%
  • Calcium 15%
  • Iron 4%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs:

Nutritional facts as they relate to 2,000 and 2,500 calorie diet

  Calories 2,000 2,500
Total Fat Less than 65 g 80 g
Sat Fat Less than 20 g 25 g
Cholesterol Less than 300 mg 300 mg
Sodium Less than 2,400 mg 2,400 mg
Total Carbohydrate   300 g 375 g
Dietary Fiber   25 g 30 g

Calories per gram:

  • Fat 9
  • Carbohydrate 4
  • Protein 4

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    • to reduce the risk of major adverse cardiovascular (CV) events, such as death from cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke or the need for procedures to improve blood flow to the heart called arterial revascularization in adults who do not have known heart disease but do have certain additional risk factors
  • CRESTOR is used along with diet to:
    • lower the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or “bad” cholesterol in adults with primary hyperlipidemia
    • slow the buildup of fatty deposits (plaque) in the walls of blood vessels
    • treat adults and children 8 years of age and older with high blood cholesterol due to heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH), an inherited condition that causes high levels of LDL-C
    • along with other cholesterol lowering treatments or alone if such treatments are unavailable in adults and children 7 years of age and older with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH), an inherited condition that causes high levels of LDL-C
    • to treat adults with primary dysbetalipoproteinemia (an inherited condition that causes high levels of cholesterol and fat) or hypertriglyceridemia

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  • 1a 1b 1c 1d CRESTOR® (rosuvastatin) [prescribing information]. Wilmington, DE: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; 2024.
  • ^ Lipitor® (atorvastatin calcium) [prescribing information]. Morgantown, WV: Viatris Specialty LLC, 2024.
  • ^ Zocor® (simvastatin) [Prescribing Information]. Jersey City, NJ: Organon & Co.; 2023.
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Reference:

^ Data on File, US-62651. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP.

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