BEEF Lean cuts, such as:
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Eye of Round
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Ground beef:
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Extra Lean (96/4)
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Lean (92/8)
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Sirloin (90/10)
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Tenderloin
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Top Loin
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Top Round
- All hot dogs (beef, pork, poultry, soy) can be enjoyed occasionally (once/week) if they are at least 97% fat free (contain 3-6 grams of fat/serving).
LAMB (Remove all visible fat)
PORK
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Boiled ham
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Canadian bacon
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Loin
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Tenderloin
POULTRY (SKINLESS)
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Cornish hen
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Turkey bacon (2 slices per day)
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Turkey and chicken breast
SEAFOOD
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All types of fish and shellfish
TOFU
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Use soft, low-fat or lite varieties
VEAL
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Chop
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Cutlet, leg
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Top round
EGGS
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The use of whole eggs is not limited
unless otherwise directed by your
doctor. Use egg whites and egg
substitute if desired.
LUNCHMEAT
MEAT SUBSTITUTES (SOY BASED)
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Bacon - Limit to 2 slices per day
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Burger - < 3 gms fat per 2-3 oz
portion
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Chicken Patties & Nuggets - < 3 gms
fat per 2-3 oz portion
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Hot Dogs - < 3 gms fat per 2-3 oz
portion
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Natural Peanut Butter - 2 Tbsp (may
use as protein choice or limited nut
choice)
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Sausage Pattie - Limit 1 patty per
day
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Seiten
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Soy Crumbles
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Soy Nuts - 1/4 cup for a protein
snack is suggested serving
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Tempeh
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Yuba
STARCHES (Start with one daily serving, gradually increase to 3 or four total servings daily.) Unless otherwise stated, choose whole grain products that have 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce.
- Bagels, small, whole grain - 1/2, or 1 oz.
- Barley - 1/2 cup
- Bread
- homemade breads using whole grains (buckwheat, whole wheat, spelt, whole oats, bran, rye) - multigrain - oat and bran - rye - sourdough (may be used, but whole grain is the best choice) - Deleted - sprouted grain - whole wheat
- Buckwheat
- Calabaza (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
- Cassava (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
Cereal HOT - 1/3 -1/2 cup, uncooked. Choose whole grain and slow-cooking varieties (no instant types). COLD: choose low sugar with 5g or more fiber per serving
- Couscous, whole-wheat or Israeli - 1/2 cup cooked
- Crackers, whole grain with 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce and no trans fats
- English muffins, whole grain - 1/2, or 1 oz.
(most contain 2.5 grams of fiber per half a muffin varieties with 3 grams of fiber are the best choice.)
- Farro 1/2 cup cooked
- Green Peas - 1/2 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
- Muffins, bran - 1 small, homemade sugar-free (no raisins)
- Pasta
Whole wheat is best choice - 1/2 cup cooked (3 grams of fiber or more per 1/2 cup) Soy is second best choice - 1/2 cup cooked (3 grams of fiber or more per 1/2 cup)
- Pita - 1/2, or 1 oz.
- stone-ground - whole wheat - (most contain 2.5 grams of fiber—varieties with 3 grams of fiber are the best choice.)
- Popcorn, 3 cups popped
- Air popped - Microwave, plain, no trans fats - Cooked stove-top with canola oil
- Potato, sweet, small (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
- Pumpkin (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
- Quinoa, 1/2 cup cooked
- Rice - 1/2 cup cooked
- basmati - brown - converted or parboiled - wild
- Rice noodles
- Soba noodles
- Taro (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
- Tortillas, 100% whole grain, 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce, no trans fats
- Winter squash (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
- Yams, small (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
DAIRY
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Low-fat (1 percent) or fat-free milk
or soy milk
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Plain or sugar-free low-fat or
fat-free yogurt
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Fat-free half &half
- (2-3 cups allowed daily, including yogurt)
- Yogurt - artificially sweetened non-fat flavored yogurt (limit to 4 ounces daily and avoid varieties that contain high fructose corn syru
CHEESE (FAT-FREE OR LOW-FAT)
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American
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Cheddar
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Cottage cheese, 1-2% or fat-free
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Cream cheese substitute, dairy-free
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Feta
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Mozzarella
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Parmesan
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Provolone
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Ricotta
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String
NUTS
(Limit to one serving per day as
specified)
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Almonds - 15 (Dry roasted
recommended)
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Brazil Nuts - 4
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Cashews - 15 (Dry roasted
recommended)
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Pecans - 15 (Dry roasted
recommended)
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Macadamia - 8 (Dry roasted
recommended)
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Peanut Butter - 1 tsp
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Peanut Butter, Natural = 2 TBS
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Peanuts, 20 small (May use dry
roasted or boiled)
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Pine Nuts (Pignolia) - 1 ounce
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Pistachios - 30 (Dry roasted
recommended)
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Walnuts - 15 (Dry roasted
recommended)
In place of nuts, may use: Flax Seed - 3
TBS
Phase 2 Foods to Avoid or Eat Rarely List
STARCHES Bagel refined wheat flour Bread -Refined wheat flour -White Cookies Cornflakes Cream of Wheat Matzo (except whole wheat varieties which are allowed) Oatmeal, instant Pasta, white flour Potatoes -instant -white Rice -Jasmine -Sticky -White Rice Cakes Rolls, white dinner
FRUIT Canned fruit, in heavy syrup Dates Figs Fruit Juice Lychee Pineapple Raisins Watermelon
VEGETABLES Beets Corn Potatoes, white
MISCELLANEOUS Honey Ice Cream Jam and Jelly |
VEGETABLE
CHOICES
(includes legumes) (May
use fresh, frozen or canned without added
sugar)
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Artichokes
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Asparagus
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Beans, Green
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Beans, Italian
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Beans, Wax
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Beans or Legumes:
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Black Beans
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Butter Beans
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Chickpeas or Garbanzo
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Pigeon Peas
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Soy Beans
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Split Peas
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Broccoli
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Bok Choy
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Cabbage
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Cauliflower
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Celery
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Collard Greens
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Cucumbers
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Eggplant
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Lettuce (All varieties)
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Juice (Limit to 6 ounces per day)
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Tomato
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V-8
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Mushrooms
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Mustard Greens
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Okra
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Onion - Limit to 1/2 per day
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Peppers (All varieties)
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Pickles - Dill or those sweetened
with Splenda®
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Radishes (All varieties)
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Rhubarb
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Sauerkraut
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Snow peas
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Spinach
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Sprouts, Alfalfa
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Squash, Spaghetti
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Squash, Summer
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Yellow
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Zucchini
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Tomato - Limit to 1 whole or 10
cherry per serving
- Carrots 1/2 cup
- Peas-green 1/2 cup - Counted as a starchy veggie FRUIT (Start with one daily serving, gradually increase to 3 total servings daily)
Apples - 1 small or 5 dried rings Apricots - 4 fresh or 7 dried Banana, medium-sized (4 oz.) Berries, all - 3/4 cup Cactus Pear Fruit (Prickly Pear) Cantaloupe - 1/4, or 1 cup diced Cherries - 12 Grapefruit - 1/2 Grapes - 15 Kiwi - 1 Mangoes - 1/2 medium (4 oz.) Oranges - 1 medium Papaya - 1 small (4 oz.) Peaches - 1 medium Pears - 1 medium Plums - 2 Prunes - 4
FAT CHOICES
(with some suggested serving
sizes) The following monounsaturated oils
are recommended to be consumed daily:
Other Oil Choices that may be chosen
(Polyunsaturated or a blend of
Monounsaturated):
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Corn
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Enova
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Grape seed
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Safflower
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Soybean
OTHER FAT
CHOICES:
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Avocado - 1/3 whole = 1 TBS oil
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Guacamole - ½ cup = 1 TBS oil
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Margarine - Chose those that do not
contain Trans Fatty Acids such as
Fleishmann's Premium Olive Oil or Smart
Balance
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Mayonnaise - Regular or Low Fat
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Olives (Green or Ripe) 15 = 1/2 TBS
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Salad Dressing - Use those < 3 gms
sugar per serving
TOPPINGS &
SAUCES use
sparingly (check labels for added sugar)
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Hot Sauce
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Salsa - Limit to 2 TBS during phase
1
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Soy Sauce - 1/2 TBS
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Steak Sauce - 1/2 TBS
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Worcestershire Sauce - 1 TBS
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Whipped Topping (Light) - 2 TBS
SPICES AND SEASONINGS
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All spices that contain no added
sugar
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Broth
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Extracts (almond, vanilla, or
others)
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Horseradish sauce
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I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!
Spray
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Lemon Juice
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Lime Juice Pepper (black, cayenne,
red, white)
SWEET TREATS (Limit to 75 calories per
day)
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Candies, hard, sugar-free
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Chocolate powder, no-added-sugar
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Cocoa powder, baking type
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Fudgsicles, sugar-free
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Gelatin, sugar-free
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Gum, sugar-free
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Popsicles, sugar-free
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Sugar substitute Some Sugar Free
- Chocolate (sparingly)
- bittersweet - semisweet
- Pudding, fat-free and sugar-free (1 serving per day)
Products may be made with sugar alcohols
(isomalt, lactitol, mannitol, sorbitol or
xylitol) and are permitted on the SBD. They
may have associated side effects of GI
distress (abdominal pain, diarrhea & gas) if
consumed in excessive amounts.
SUGAR SUBSTITUTES
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Acesulfame K
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Fructose (needs to be counted as
Sweet Treats, Caloric Limit)
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Nutrasweet (Equal)
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Saccharin (Sweet & Low)
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Sucralose (Splenda)
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Stevia (Not approved by FDA)
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