title: [Critical assessment of dietary lists in the treatment of hyperlipidemia].
abstract: The article describes problems connected with use of diet lists in treating hyperlipidemia. Outdated diet lists are still in circulation. When such is the case, individual counselling on diet leads to better reduction of blood lipids than using a diet list does. Advice on diet is often focused on what you should not eat. This may lead to less variation in choice of foods, and therefore little variation in intake of nutrients. We think this affects the patients quality of life. When advising patients on diet one should try to suggest various suitable alternative foods. Protein intake tends to increase when intake of fat is reduced. It is more favourable to increase the proportion of complex carbohydrates in the diet. We already eat enough protein to maintain health. Therefore, as diet counsellors we should deliberately focus on advising foods that are rich in complex carbohydrates.
authors.forename: V O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Fuglaas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Elind
mesh_terms: D015930:Diet Records; D004045:Dietary Services / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000178:diet therapy*; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000178:diet therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Kritisk vurdering av kostlister i behandlingen av hyperlipidemi.