Foods to Eat More of on the Mini-Fast

Load up on these foods to achieve the best weight loss results

For best results on the mini-fast with exercise (or most any diet), make these low-glycemic foods a regular part of your meal planning:

• Alfalfa sprouts
• Almonds
• Almond butter
• Apples
• Apricots
• Artichokes
• Asparagus
• Avocados
• Beef, lean
• Bell peppers
• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Canned fruit (in water)
• Cantaloupe
• Carrots
• Cashews
• Cauliflower
• Celery
• Chard
• Cheese, reduced-fat
• Cherries
• Chicken
• Chicken broth (low-sodium)
• Coffee
• Cottage cheese (nonfat or low-fat)
• Crab
• Cream cheese (light)
• Cucumbers
• Deli meats
• Edamame (soybeans)
• Egg whites
• Eggplant
• Eggs
• Fish (cod, halibut, salmon, ahi tuna)
• Garlic
• Grapes
• Green beans
• Honeydew melon
• Kale
• Kiwifruit
• Lettuce
• Low-Sodium V8 Juice
• Mayonnaise
• Meal replacement drinks
• Milk (in coffee)
• Mushrooms
• Mustard
• Nectarines
• Nuts
• Olives
• Oranges
• Peaches
• Peanut butter
• Peanuts
• Pears
• Pickles
• Pineapple
• Plums
• Pork tenderloin
• Raspberries
• Ricotta cheese (part-skim)
• Salsa
• Shrimp
• Snow peas
• Soy sauce (low-sodium)
• Spices
• Spinach
• Squash
• Strawberries
• String cheese (reduced-fat)
• Sunflower seeds
• Tangerines
• Tea
• Tofu
• Tomatoes
• Turkey
• Turkey ham
• Turkey sausage
• Turnip greens
• Vinegar
• Walnuts
• Water
• Watermelon
• Yogurt (plain, nonfat)
• Zucchini

More Dr. Whitaker Advice on Weight Loss

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