Carbohydrate
Grams in Foods
The following foods are virtually carbohydrate free and you can
eat them as you
wish, but only if you don’t eat more calories than you need.
Meat Fish Fowl
Ham Sardines Cornish Hen
Pork Flounder Turkey
Lamb Sole Duck
Veal Trout Goose
Bacon Salmon Chicken
Beef Tuna Quail
Venison Herring Pheasant
Cheeseburgers (no roll) Bass Chicken roll (no filler)
Corned Beef Bluefish Turkey Loaf
Dried Beef Cod Smoked Turkey
Hamburgers Haddock Turkey Wings
Pastrami Halibut
Sausages Mackerel
All meats are OK All fish are OK All fowl
are OK
Shellfish Eggs Cheese
Crabmeat Fried Mozzarella
Squid Omelette Cream cheese
Lobster Scrambled Cow and goat
Shrimp Soft Boiled Cottage cheese
Mussels Hard Boiled Cheddar
Oysters Devilled Swiss
Clams Poached Aged and fresh
All shellfish are OK All eggs are OK Most
cheese is OK except spreads with
carbohydrates
Vegetables
Tomato Turnips Dandelion greens
Onion Avocado Artichoke hearts
Cauliflower Brussel Sprouts Hearts of palm
String or Wax Beans Snow Pea Pods Leeks
Broccoli Sauerkraut Bamboo Shoots
Scallions Eggplant Bean Sprouts
Spinach Kale Water Chestnuts
Asparagus Kohlrabi Chard
Cabbage Chard Rhubarb
Zucchini Pumpkin Spaghetti Squash
Summer Squash Collard greens
Salad Greens
Lettuce Chicory Fennel
Romaine Sorrel Peppers
Endive Parsley Celery
Escarole Chives Alfalfa Sprouts
Arugula Cucumber Mushrooms
Radicchio Radishes Olives
Salad herbs, such as dill, thyme, and basil, are allowed,
along with garnishes
such as bacon bits, grated cheese, hard-boiled egg, and sour cream.
All spices
are acceptable as long as there is no sugar included in the product.
Fats and oils are also OK to use on the program. Many are important
to good
health. Use sources of gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) and omega-3 oils
.
Monounsaturated olive oil is a good product. All vegetable oils
are permitted
(preferably cold pressed).
Butter is also permitted but not margarine. Mayonnaise is
allowed as is the fat on meat and under chicken skin.
Beverages
Water Spring water
Essence Flavored Seltzer Club soda
Decaf. coffee and tea Herb tea (no sugar)
Diet Soda Clear broth and bouillon
Iced tea (no sugar) Lemon and lime juice
Cream (heavy)
