GREEN LIST -- EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT
ORANGE LIST -- RESTRICT TO GIVEN QUANTITIES
RED LIST -- AVOID
ANIMAL PROTEIN (unless these have a
rating, they are all 0g/100g)
All eggs
All meats, poultry and game
All natural and cured meats (pancetta,
parma ham, coppa etc)
All natural and cured sausages
(salami, chorizo etc)
All offal
All seafood (except swordfish and
tilefish - high mercury content)
Broths
NUTS AND SEEDS
Almonds
Flaxseeds (watch out for pre-ground
flaxseeds, they go rancid quickly and
become toxic)
Macadamia nuts
Pecan nuts
Pine nuts
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Walnuts
SWEETENERS
DAIRY
Cottage cheese
Cream
Cream cheese
Full-cream Greek yoghurt
Full-cream milk
Hard cheeses
Soft cheeses
VEGETABLES
FATS
Any rendered animal fat
Avocado oil
Butter
Cheese - firm, natural, full-fat, aged
cheeses (not processed)
Coconut oil
Duck fat
Ghee
Lard
Macadamia oil
Mayonnaise, full fat only (not from
seeds oils)
Olive oil
Erythritol granules
Stevia powder
Xylitol granules
All green leafy vegetables (spinach,
cabbage, lettuces etc)
Any other vegetables grown above
the ground (except butternut)
Artichoke hearts
Asparagus
Aubergines
Avocados
Broccoli
Brussel sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Celery
Courgettes
Leeks
Mushrooms
Olives
Onions
Peppers
Pumpkin
Radishes
Sauerkraut
Spring onions
Tomatoes
GREEN LIST -- EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT
ORANGE LIST -- RESTRICT TO GIVEN QUANTITIES
RED LIST -- AVOID
FRUITS
Apples 1.5
Bananas 1 small
Blackberries 3.5 C
Blueberries 1.5 C
Cherries (sweet) 1 C
Clementines 3
Figs 3 small
Gooseberries 1.5 C
Grapes (green) under 1 C
Guavas 2
Kiwi fruits 3
Litchis 18
Mangos, sliced, under 1 C
Nectarines 2
Oranges 2
Pawpaw 1
Peaches 2
Pears (Bartlett) 1
Pineapple, sliced, 1 C
Plums 4
Pomegranate
Prickly pears 4
Quinces 2
Raspberries 2 C
Strawberries 25
Watermelon 2 C
NUTS
Cashews, raw, 6 T
Chestnuts, raw, 1 C
SWEETENERS
Honey 1 t
VEGETABLES
Butternut 1.5 C
Carrots 5
Sweet potato 0.5 C
KEY
C = cups per day
T = tablespoons per day
t = teaspoons per day
g = grams per day
For example: 1.5 apples are all the carbs you
can have off the orange list for the day (if
you want to go into ketosis and make sure
you are under 50g total carbs for the day).
GREEN LIST -- EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT
ORANGE LIST -- RESTRICT TO GIVEN QUANTITIES
RED LIST -- AVOID
BAKED GOODS
All flours from grains - wheat flour, cornflour, rye
flour, barley flour, pea flour, rice flour etc
All forms of bread
All grains - wheat, oats, barley, rye, amaranth,
quinoa, teff etc
Beans (dried)
Breaded or battered foods
Brans
Breakfast cereals, muesli, granola of any kind
Buckwheat
Cakes, biscuits, confectionary
Corn products - popcorn, polenta, corn thins,
maize
Couscous
Crackers, cracker breads
Millet
Pastas, noodles
Rice
Rice cakes
Sorghum
Spelt
Thickening agents such as gravy powder, maize
starch or stock cubes
BEVERAGES
Beer, cider
Fizzy drinks (sodas) of any description other than
carbonated water
Lite, zero, diet drinks of any description
DAIRY / DAIRY-RELATED
Cheese spreads, commercial spreads
Coffee creamers
Commercial almond milk
Condensed milk
Fat-free anything
Ice cream
Puddings
Reduced-fat cows milk
Rice milk
Soy milk
FATS
All seed oils (safflower, sunflower, canola,
grapeseed, cottonseed, corn)
Chocolate
Commercial sauces, marinades and salad dressings
Hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils
including margarine, vegetable oils, vegetable fats
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Fruit juice of any kind
Vegetable juices (other than home-made with
Green list vegetables)
GENERAL
All fast food
All processed food
Any food with added sugar such as glucose,
dextrose etc
MEAT
All unfermented soya (vegetarian protein)
Meats cured with excessive sugar
Vienna sausages, luncheon meats
STARCHY VEGETABLES
Beetroots
Legumes
Parsnips
Peanuts
Peas
Potatoes (regular)
SWEETENERS
Agave anything
Artificial sweeteners (aspartame, acesulfame
K, saccharin, sucralose, splenda)
Cordials
Dried fruit
Fructose
Honey (except for 1 t on orange list)
Malt
Sugar
Sugared or commercially pickled foods with
sugar
Sweets
Syrups of any kind
