Eat well to stay well

Eat at least 5 portions
daily from this list!

Eat moderately
from this list!

Avoid these items
altogether!

Apples*
Apricots (fresh)*
Asparagus
Aubergine
Baby marrows
Bananas*
Bean sprouts
Beetroot
Broccoli*
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots*
Cauliflower*
Celeriac
Celery*
Courgettes*
Cucumbers*
Eggplant
Fennel
French beans
Fresh fruit*
Fresh parsley
Grapefuit
Green peas
Green salad*
Green vegetables*
Herbs
Jerusalem artichokes
Leeks
Lemons*
Lettuce*
Mushrooms
Onions
Oranges*
Parsley
Peaches*
Peppers
Pineapples
Red cabbage
Red peppers
Salads*
Seed sprouts
Spinach
Spring onions
Tomatoes*
Watercress

Avocado
Bread (wholewheat, 2 slices)*
Butter beans
Coconut
Cream (soya)
Dried fruit*
Falafels
French dressing*
Fruit juices
Garlic*
Ginger
Guacamole
Hummus
Ice-cream (vegan)
Kidney beans
Lentils
Margarine (polyunsaturated)
Milk (soya)
Miso
Muesli*
Nuts*
Oatcakes*
Olives*
Pasta (wholewheat)
Peanut butter
Porridge oats (with fruit juice)*
Potatoes (boiled)
Pulses
Red wine
Root vegetables*
Seeds
Spices
Tahini
Tofu
Whole grain rice
Whole grain pasta
Wholegrain biscuits
Wholewheat bread*
Yoghurt (soya)

Bread (white)
Butter
Cakes with sugar & butter
Cheese
Cheesecake
Chocolate
Coffee
Cream
Cream cheese
Dairy cream
Desserts
Eggs
Marzipan
Mayonnaise
Meat
Milk (cow's)
Pasta (white)
Pastries
Pastry (white)
Pies
Puddings (Sweet)
Rice (white)
Scones
Shortbread
Spirits
Sugar (all varieties)
Sweet puddings
Tarts
Trifle
White bread
White pasta
White pastry
White rice
White sugar
Yoghurt (cow's)

GREEN LIST

  • Concentrate on asterisked items if you find the range of choice too daunting.
  • Eat freely from this list - but remember, diversity is the key. (It's neither natural nor healthy to eat five of the same thing every day.)
  • Eat at least 5 items from the green list every day to ensure an adequate intake of minerals and vitamins.

AMBER LIST

  • Eat moderately from this list, concentrating on the asterisked items.
  • Eat a little and often from this list and your stomach will gradually revert to its natural size and craving for food will cease.

RED LIST

  • Although an occasional lapse won't do you any harm, daily consumption of items in this list should be avoided. If you find yourself craving anything from this list write down why.

NOTES

  • Remember you're eating well to stay well. If you cheat you cheat yourself.
  • Follow this regime and you won't need vitamin supplements - which are a waste of money and in some cases actually harmful.
  • Follow this regime and your body will quickly recover its natural weight.
  • Follow this regime and observe how quickly your taste buds recover their sensitivity and you start enjoying your food more.