FOODS RECOMMENDED

FOODS TO AVOID

BREADS & GRAINS 6-11 servings each day

Refined breads, toast, rolls, biscuits, muffins, crackers, pancakes, and waffles

Enriched white or light rye bread or rolls

Saltines, Melba Toast, Rusk crackers, Zwieback

Refined ready-to-eat cereals such as puffed rice and puffed wheat

Cooked refined wheat, corn or rice cereal

Strained oatmeal, grits and farina

Refined cold cereals made from corn, rice or oats (Rice Krispies, Cornflakes, Cheerios, puffed rice and puffed wheat)

White rice and refined pasta

Macaroni, noodles, white rice

Any bread product made with whole-grain flour or graham flour, bran, seeds, nuts, coconut, or raw or dried fruit, cornbread, and graham crackers

Any whole-grain, bran, or granola cereal, oatmeal, any cereal with seeds, nuts, coconut or dried fruit

Bran, barley, brown and wild rice

VEGETABLES 3-5 servings each day

Most tender cooked and canned vegetables without seeds such as carrots, asparagus tips, beets, green or wax beans, pumpkin, spinach, squash (acorn) without seeds, potato (no skin), pureed or cooked strained lima beans, peas (no skin), potato without skin; lettuce if tolerated

Strained vegetable juice

Raw vegetables and vegetables with seeds, sauerkraut, winter squash, and peas

FRUIT 2-4 servings each day

Most canned or cooked fruits, fruit cocktail, avocado, canned applesauce, apricots, Royal Anne cherries, peaches, pears, (all without skin and seeds), pureed plums and ripe bananas and avocados

Strained fruit juice

Raw or dried fruit, all berries

Prune juice

MILK & DAIRY 2-3 servings each day

Milk, mild cheese, cottage cheese (as tolerated)

Yogurt (no berries)

Highly flavored cheeses

MEAT & MEAT SUBSTITUTES 2-3 servings or total of 6 oz daily

Ground or well-cooked, tender beef, lamb, ham, veal, pork, poultry, fish, shellfish, and organ meats

Eggs

Smooth peanut butter

Tough fibrous meats with marinate meats in juice or gristle, shellfish with tough connective

tissue

Meat prepared with whole-grain ingredients, seeds, or nuts

Fried meats and eggs

Dry beans, legumes, peas, and lentils

Chunky peanut butter

Raw clams and oysters

FATS & SNACKS (use sparingly)

Margarine, butter, vegetable oils, lard, mayonnaise, cream substitutes, crisp bacon, plain gravies, and salad dressing

Bouillon, broth, or strained cream soups (no corn) made with allowed ingredients

Plain cakes and cookies, pie made without nuts and fruit (allowed fruits only)

Plain sherbet, sorbet, pudding, fruit ice, gelatin, tapioca, angel food or sponge cake, custard, frozen fruit pops, jelly, plain hard candy, marshmallows, frozen yogurt, and ice cream

Any made with whole-grain flour, bran, seeds, nuts, coconut, or dried fruit

Nuts, seeds, and popcorn

Pastries, pies, potato chips

Pepper, chili pepper and other hot sauces.

Chocolate, raisins, seeds, seed spices, pickles, olives, nuts, mustard, spicy mustard and catsup, relish, horseradish, vinegar, rich gravies

Highly spiced salad dressings

Jam or marmalade with nuts and seeds

MISCELLANEOUS

Salt, soy sauce, catsup

Mild spices in moderation, white sauce

Sugar, honey, jelly, syrup

Lemon juice, vinegar, vanilla and other flavoring extracts

Decaffeinated coffee, herb tea, caffeine-free carbonated beverages, fruit drink

Beverages containing caffeine should be used sparingly as caffeine is a stomach irritant)