9. Low-fat, cholesterol-restricted diet
   1. Purpose: reduce hyperlipidemia, provide diet ary treatment for malabsorption syndromes and patients having acute intolerance for fats.
   2. Use: hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, pancreatitis, cystic fibrosis, sprue, gastrectomy, massive resection of the small intestine, and cholecystitis.
   3. Foods allowed: nonfat milk; low-carbohydrate, low-fat vegetables; most fruits; breads; pastas; cornmeal; lean meats; unsaturated fats such as corn oil; desserts made without whole milk; and unsweetened carbonated beverages.
   4. Foods avoided: remember to avoid the five C’s of cholesterol—cookies, cream, cake, coconut, chocolate; whole milk and whole-milk or cream products, avocados, olives, commercially prepared baked goods such as donuts and muffins, poultry skin, highly marbled meats, shellfish, fish canned in oil, nuts, coconut, commercially prepared meats, butter, ordinary margarines, olive oil, lard, pudding made with whole milk, ice cream, candies with chocolate, cream, sauces, gravies, and commercially fried foods.
10. Diabetic diet
    1. Purpose: maintain blood glucose as near normal as possible; prevent or delay onset of diabetic complications.
    2. Use: diabetes mellitus.
    3. Foods allowed: choose foods with low glycemic index; composed of 45-55% carbohydrates, 30-35% fats, and 10-25% protein. Foods are divided into groups from which exchanges can be made. Coffee, tea, broth, bouillon, spices, and flavorings can be used as desired. Exchange groups include: milk, vegetables, fruit, starch/ bread (includes starchy vegetables), meat (divided into lean, medium fat, and high fat), and fat exchanges. The number of exchanges allowed from each group is dependent on the total number of calories allowed. Nonnutritive sweeteners (aspartame) if desired. Nutritive sweeteners (sorbitol) in moderation with controlled, normal-weight diabetics.
    4. Foods avoided: concentrated sweets or regular soft drinks.
11. Acid and alkaline ash diet
    1. Purpose: furnish a well-balanced diet in which the total acid ash is greater than the total alkaline ash each day.
    2. Use: retard the formation of renal calculi. The type of diet chosen depends on laboratory analysis of the stones.
    3. Acid and alkaline ash food groups:
       1. Acid ash: meat, whole grains, eggs, cheese, cranberries, prunes, plums.
       2. Alkaline ash: milk, vegetables, fruit (except cranberries, prunes, and plums).
       3. Neutral: sugars, fats, beverages (coffee and tea).
    4. Foods allowed: all the patient wants of the following.
       1. Breads: any, preferably whole grain; crackers; rolls.
       2. Cereals: any, preferably whole grain.
       3. Desserts: angel food or sunshine cake; cookies made without baking powder or soda; cornstarch pudding, cranberry desserts, custards, gelatin desserts, ice cream, sherbet, plum or prune desserts; rice or tapioca pudding.
       4. Fats: any, such as butter, margarine, salad dressings, Crisco, Spry, lard, salad oils, olive oil, etc.
       5. Fruits: cranberries, plums, prunes.
       6. Meat, eggs, cheese: any meat, fish, or fowl, two servings daily; at least one egg daily.
       7. Potato substitutes: corn, hominy, lentils, macaroni, noodles, rice, spaghetti, vermicelli.
       8. Soup: broth as desired; other soups from foods allowed.
       9. Sweets: cranberry or plum jelly; sugar; plain sugar candy.
       10. Miscellaneous: cream sauce, gravy, peanut butter, peanuts, popcorn, salt, spices, vinegar, walnuts.
    5. Restricted foods: no more than the amount allowed each day.
       1. Milk: 1 pint daily (may be used in other ways than as beverage).
       2. Cream: ⅓ cup or less daily.
       3. Fruits: one serving of fruit daily (in addition to the prunes, plums, and cranberries); certain fruits listed under Foods avoided, following, are not allowed at any time.
       4. Vegetables, including potatoes: two servings daily; certain vegetables listed under Foods avoided, following, are not allowed at any time.
    6. Foods avoided:
       1. Carbonated beverages, such as ginger ale, cola, root beer.
       2. Cakes or cookies made with baking powder or soda.
       3. Fruits: dried apricots, bananas, dates, figs, raisins, rhubarb.
       4. Vegetables: dried beans, beet greens, dandelion greens, carrots, chard, lima beans.
       5. Sweets; chocolate or candies other than those listed under Foods allowed, preceding; syrups.
       6. Miscellaneous: other nuts, olives, pickles.
12. High-fiber diet
    1. Purpose: soften stool; exercise digestive tract muscles; speed passage of food through digestive tract to prevent exposure to cancer-causing