Accepted Food List Phase I

Foods You Can Eat on the The Coconut Diet^TM Phase I

Animal Proteins

Beef: Lean cuts of meat are best such as:

Flank
New York
Sirloin
Tenderloin
Top round

Cheese: Best choices are

Feta
Goat cheese
Mozzarella
Ricotta
Swiss

Eggs

Fish—all types

Lamb

Poultry

Chicken: skinless breast and thighs are best

Cornish game hens

Turkey: skinless is best

Turkey bacon (limit 2 slices)

Vegetables

Artichokes

Asparagus

Bamboo shoots

Beans, (except for green and yellow wax, no more than 1/4 cup per serving, since these beans are higher in carbs, aduki, black, butter, garbanzo, kidney, lentils, lima, and split peas)

Beets and beet greens

Bok choi

Broccoflower

Broccoli

Broccoli rabe

Broccolini

Brussels sprouts

Cabbage

Chinese
Green
Red
Savoy

Carrot

Cassava

Cauliflower

Celery

Celeriac

Chard

Chayote

Collards

Cucumber

Dandelion greens

Eggplant

Endive

Fennel

Jicama

Kale

Kohlrabi

Lettuce: all varieties, which include:

Romaine
Bibb/Boston
Iceberg
Redleaf
Greenleaf
Spring
greens/mesclun

Mushrooms: all varieties, which include:

Portabello
Shiitake
Oyster
Straw
Whole button

Mustard greens

Okra

Onions

Parsley

Peas

Pea pods

Peppers: green, red, yellow, purple

Radicchio

Radishes

Rutabaga

Sauerkraut

Scallions

Sorrel

Spinach

Sprouts

Squash

Hubbard
Spaghetti
Summer/yellow
Zucchini

Tomatillo

Tomato (considered a vegetable; actually a fruit, classified a berry): all varieties, which include:

Cherry
Roma
Plum
Yellow pear
Red (includes beefsteak)
Sun-dried

Taro

Turnips

Waterchestnuts

Watercress

NUTS/SEEDS

(We don’t recommend that you eat more than the suggested serving per day. If you combine nuts and seeds, keep the serving size in mind because nuts and seeds have carbohydrates, protein, and fat.)

Almonds (no more than two dozen)

Almond butter ( tsp.)

Brazil nuts (no more than 6)

Cashews (no more than 6)

Cashew butter (1 tsp.)

Hazelnuts (no more than 12)

Hazelnut butter (1 tsp.)

Macadamia nuts (no more than 12)

Macadamia nut butter (1 tsp.)

Peanuts (actually not a nut—a legume) (no more than 24 small)

Peanut butter (1 tsp.)

Pecans halves (no more than 12)

Pine nuts (no more than 24)

Pistachios (no more than 24)

Pumpkin seeds (no more than two tablespoons)

Sesame seeds (no more than two tablespoons)

Sunflower seeds (no more than two tablespoons)

Tahini (sesame seed butter) (1 tsp.)

Walnut halves (no more than 12)

Note: You may have 2 seed crackers per day in place of nuts or seeds. Seed crackers are dehydrated and made without any grains. Some health food stores carry them.

BEVERAGES

Green tea

Herbal tea (hot and iced)

Mineral/purified water with lemon or lime or unsweetened cranberry concentrate for flavor

Vegetable juices

FRUIT

Avocado (1 small-medium California)

Cranberries, no more than 1 teaspoon cranberry concentrate per day

Lemon

Lime

CEREAL GRASS

Wild Rice (no more than 1/4 cup per serving)

Foods You Can Eat on the The Coconut Diet TM Phase I

Foods You Can Eat on the The Coconut Diet^TM Phase I