Basic Dietary Guidelines - Recommmended Foods

Fruits: Fresh, unsweetened, dried, frozen, canned, water-packed fruits; fruit juices (except orange)

Vegetables: All fresh raw, steamed, sauteed, juiced or roasted vegetables

Starch: Rice, oats, millet, quinoa, amaranth, teff, tapioca, buckwheat, potatoes

Breads & Cereals: Products made from rice, oat, buckwheat, millet, potato flour, tapioca, arrowroot, amaranth, or quinoa

Legumes: All legumes including peas and lentils (except soybeans)

Nuts and Seeds: Almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, sesame (tahini), sunflower, pumpkin, nut butters (except peanut).

Meat & Fish: All fresh or frozen fish, chicken, turkey, wild game, lamb; canned water-packed fish.

Dairy Products & Milk Substitutes: Milk substitutes such as rice milk, almond milk, oat milk, coconut milk, or other nut milks; egg replacer.

Fats: Oils, cold-pressed olive oil, flaxseed, canola, safflower, sunflower, sesame, walnut, pumpkin, almond, grapeseed.

Beverages: Filtered or distilled water, decaffeinated herbal tea, seltzer or mineral water

Spices & Condiments: Vinegar (except malt); all spices including salt, pepper, cinnamon, cumin, dill, garlic, ginger, carob, oregano, parsley, dry mustard, rosemary, tarragon, thyme, or turmeric.

Sweeteners: Brown rice syrup, fruit sweeteners, blackstrap molasses, stevia, agave nectar.