- Eat balanced meals . . .so you don’t get hungry!
- Eat “real food” and fewer foods from packages
- Include a protein source at most meals
- Eat healthy fats! Extra virgin olive oil, avocados, coconut oil, and unroasted nuts
Decrease (or better yet, eliminate) your intake of:
- All processed or junk foods
- Foods containing refined white flour and sugar, such as bread, cereals, flour-based pasta, bagels, and pastries
- All foods containing high-fructose corn syrup
- All artificial sweeteners
- Processed fruit juices, which are often loaded with sugars (Try juicing your own carrots, celery, and beets, or other fruit and vegetable combinations, instead)
- Processed canned vegetables (usually very high in sodium)
- Foods containing hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated oils (which become trans fatty acids in the bloodstream), such as most crackers, chips, cakes, candies, cookies, doughnuts, and processed cheese
- Processed vegetable oils such as corn, safflower, sunflower, peanut, and canola
- Red meats (unless organic or grass-fed) and organ meats
- Large predatory fish and river fish, which contain mercury and other contaminants, including swordfish, tuna, tilefish, and shark
- Dairy: substitute unsweetened almond milk or coconut milk products
- Alcohol: limit it to no more than 3 glasses a week of red wine per week
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