**5. Conclusions**

In conclusion, high intake of dairy products was associated with a balanced hyperlipidemia, characterized by higher levels of TC and HDL-C, while a diet with an excessive amount of meat products caused a form of mixed atherogenic dyslipidemia with higher TC and TG levels and lower HDL-C levels. In the light of these findings and according to the recent literature, dietary recommendations should distinguish between SFA sources (i.e., meat products or dairy products) rather than suggesting a general reduction in SFA intake. In addition, dietary counseling is effective in improving adherence to MD in dyslipidemic patients.

**Supplementary Materials:** The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/article/ 10.3390/nu13041161/s1: Supplementary Table S1, Composition of diets for overweight patients; 1.1 General advice with counselling on weekly food frequency for patients with primary hypercholesterolemia and normal weight patients; 1.2 General advice with advising on food frequency in non-overweight patients with mixed hyperlipemia or hypertriglyceridemia or with reduction in alcohol and carbohydrates; 1.3 General advice based on frequency of food and control of food with an overall energy intake of 1700 kcal/day for overweight women; 1.4 General advice based on frequency of food and control of food portions with a total energy intake of 2100 kcal/day for overweight men; 1.5 Statistical Analysis; Supplementary Table S2, Comedications used by the 106 patients; Supplementary Table S3, Variation of patient distribution according to food categories and the score assigned.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, L.P.; methodology, L.P. and E.F.; formal analysis, A.P.; investigation, L.P., I.D.L., E.F., A.L.C. and A.P.; data curation, I.D.L., E.F. and A.P.; writing—original draft preparation, E.F. and A.P.; writing—review and editing, L.P. and A.L.C.; supervision, L.P. and S.G.S.; project administration, L.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and approved by the Ethics Committee of Liguria Region (N. CER Liguria: 44/2021).

**Informed Consent Statement:** Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study. **Data Availability Statement:** The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy policy.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
