Food Preferences

[Guest guest]

Hi Barb:

Here is something from an earlier post here:

" > HEAVILY EMPHASIZE: leafy green vegetables (spinach, romaine, bok

> choy, etc); fish, especially canned; tea; onion family; cruciferous

> vegetable family; processed tomato products; lemons; SOUPS.

>

> EMPHASIZE: all other vegetables; almonds; brazil nuts (not too

> many); olive oil, safflower oil (when necesssary); chicken; beans

and

> peas; oats, bran, buckwheat, barley, millet; wine; seaweeds;

> mushrooms, many types; fruits that seem to have PROVEN beneficial

> effects (blueberries, etc); zero fat products if they really do have

> a fat content less than 10% of total calories; bread products, whole

> grain.

>

> NON-COMMITTAL: fruits in general; bread products, white; rice;

pork;

> shellfish; liver; pastas; coffee.

>

> AVOID WHEN POSSIBLE: Salt; sugar; beer, liquor; canola and soybean

> oils; walnuts; flax; anything with a very high fat content

(including

> egg, tofu, avocadoes ...); beef and lamb; butter, cheeses, cream,

> milk (even zero fat).

>

> AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE: Margarines (no matter WHAT the advertising

> claims); mayonnaise; tropical oils; anything deep fried; muffins,

> pastries, pies, donuts, cookies, etc.; chocolate products with the

> words 'palm' or 'hydrogenated' on the ingredient list; egg yolks. "

"