Abstract of Ornish Diet (Reference)

Title:
Abstract of Ornish Diet (Reference)

Yield:
1 Servings

Categories:
Fat-Free




Ingredients:





          None






 You can eat the following foods whenever you feel hungry until you are full


 (but not until you are stuffed):


 


 o Beans and legumes (lentils, kidney beans, peas, black beans, red Mexican


 beans, split peas, soybeans, black-eyed peas, garbanzos, navy beans, and so


 on)


 


 o Fruits (apples, apricots, bananas, strawberries, cherries, blueberries,


 oranges, peaches, raspberries, cantaloupes, watermelons, pears, honeydew


 melons, pineapples, tomatoes, etc.)


 


 o Grains (corn, rice, oats, wheat, millet, barley, buckwheat, etc.)


 


 o Vegetables (potatoes, zucchini, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, mushrooms,


 eggplant, celery, asparagus, onions, sweet potatoes, spinach, etc.)


 


 You can eat the following foods in moderation:


 


 o Nonfat dairy products, including skim milk, nonfat yogurt, nonfat


 cheeses, nonfat sour cream, and egg whites. [Equivalent of one cup of skim


 milk per day from all sources.]


 


 o Nonfat or very low-fat commercially available products, including Life


 Choice frozen dinners, whole-grain breakfast cereals, Health Valley chili


 (and many other Health Valley products), Kraft Free non-fat mayonnaise and


 salad dressings, Guiltless Gourmet tortilla chips, Quaker Oats oatmeal,


 Nabisco Fat-free crackers, Fleischmann's Egg Beaters, Pritikin soups, Light


 n' Lively Free nonfat sour cream, Haagen-Dazs frozen yogurt bars,


 Entenmann's fat-free desserts (watch out for sugar, though), and many


 others.  Many more fat-free products are on the way.


 


 Here are the foods to avoid as much as possible:


 


 o Meats (all kinds, including chicken and fish)


 


 o Oils (all kinds) and oil-containing products, including margarines and


 most salad dressings


 


 o Avocados


 


 o Olives


 


 o Nuts and seeds


 


 o High-fat or "low-fat" dairy, including whole milk, yogurt, butter,


 cheese, egg yolks, cream, and so on


 


 o Sugar and simple sugar derivatives (honey, molasses, corn syrup, high


 fructose syrup, and the like)


 


 o Alcohol


 


 o Any commercially available product with more than two grams of fat per


 serving


 


 The above was copied without permission from "Eat More, Weigh Less" by Dean


 Ornish, M.D.  ISBN 0-06-016838-2 copyright 1993 by Dean Ornish.


 


 From: ed@rusty.Kronos.COM (Ed Baker). Fatfree Digest [Volume 9 Issue 36]


 July 27, 1994. Formatted by Sue Smith, S.Smith34, TXFT40A@Prodigy.com using


 MMCONV


 


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