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| Food Group | Avoid |
|---|---|
| Grains | All grains – amaranth, barley, corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, spelt, triticale, wheat. Pseudo grains – amaranth, buckwheat, quinoa. All grain products – bread, breadcrumbs, cakes, crackers, cous cous, biscuits, muffins, noodles, pasta, pastries, semolina |
| Flour substitutes | Coconut flour, corn flour, rice flour, arrowroot flour and tapioca starch |
| Legumes | All legumes – black bean, black-eyed peas, broad beans, cannellini beans, chick peas, fava beans, kidney beans, lentils, lima bean, mung bean, navy bean, split peas etc |
| Vegetables | Potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, corn, taro, manioc, yam. All starchy vegetable products – vegetable chips or crisps (except kale chips), tapioca, |
| Fruit | Bananas, canned fruits, dates, dried fruits, fruit concentrate, grapes, plantain, prunes, raisins, sultanas |
| Nuts and seeds | Cashews, salted nuts |
| Food Group | Avoid |
| Meats | Processed meats such as sausages, salami, spam and sandwich meats. Meat loaf and rissoles served in restaurants may contain rice flour as a binder |
| Fish and seafood | Processed or crumbled seafood such as fish nuggets, seafood extender, fish fingers, tinned tuna and salmon marinated in dressing (check labels for carbohydrate content) |
| Eggs and poultry | Processed or crumbled poultry such as nuggets and sandwich meats |
| Vegetable oils | Any oil that is not cold-pressed, sunflower, safflower and mixed vegetable oils |
| Food Group | Avoid |
| Condiments and sauces | Table salt, hummus, sauces and condiments with added sugars such as sweet chili, tomato, mint and BBQ sauce, store bought salad dressing, stir fry sauces and most commercially prepared dips |
| Beverages | All alcohol, cordials, drinking chocolate, fruit juices, milk, sweetened coffee blends, soft drinks |
| Food Group | Avoid |
| Dairy | Custard, fruit cheese, ice cream, milk, yogurt. All commercial processed milk substitutes, such as almond milk, oat milk, rice milk, soy milk. (Homemade almond milk is fine) |
| Soy foods | Soy beans and all soy products |
| Sweeteners | Agave, corn syrup, fructose, fruit concentrates, golden syrup, honey, maltose, molasses, rice malt syrup, sugar, syrup, xylitol. All artificial sweeteners |
