Ready to make a fresh, new start? Try this month-long “diet cleanse” that focuses on removing four diet categories while bringing in nutritious foods that shower your body with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that can help you lose weight, boost energy and make you feel better.

Read on to learn which foods you can enjoy on the plan. And to brush up on the basics of the Diet Cleanse or see which foods you should steer clear of, click the links below:

Foods to Choose: Carbs

FOODS TO CHOOSE: CARBS

Produce

  • Fresh/frozen fruit (with no sugar added)
  • Fresh/frozen vegetables

Grains

  • Amaranth
  • Barley
  • Bread, whole grain
  • Buckwheat
  • Bulgur
  • Corn
  • Cous cous, whole grain
  • Einkorn
  • Farro
  • Flour, whole grain (such as brown rice, oat and whole wheat)
  • Flour, nut (such as almond and coconut)
  • Freekeh
  • Kamut
  • Kaniwa
  • Millet
  • Oats
  • Pasta, whole grain
  • Popcorn
  • Quinoa
  • Rice, brown and wild
  • Rye
  • Sorghum
  • Spelt
  • Teff
  • Triticale
  • Whole wheat

Foods to Choose: Meats and Proteins

FOODS TO CHOOSE: MEATS/PROTEINS

  • Beef (lean cuts): bottom round roast and steak, chuck shoulder steak, eye round roast and steak, flank steak, round steak/cubed steak, round tip roast and steak, shank cross cuts, sirloin steak, tenderloin roast and steak, top round roast and steak
  • Eggs
  • Fish and seafood
  • Legumes (beans, peas, etc.)
  • Lentils
  • Nuts
  • Pork (lean cuts): loin chops, loin roast, pork tenderloin, rib chops, and rib roast, sirloin chops, sirloin roast, top loin chops
  • Poultry: light and dark meat without skin
  • Seeds
  • Tofu

Foods to Choose: Beverages

FOODS TO CHOOSE: BEVERAGES

In addition to water, you may have:

  • Alcohol*
  • Club soda
  • Coffee
  • Milk
  • Milk alternatives (including unsweetened soy milk, almond milk, cashew milk, coconut milk and rice milk)
  • Seltzer/sparkling water (including naturally flavored)
  • Teas, unsweetened (all varieties, including herbal)
  • Water

*A note about alcohol: When it comes to wine, beer and spirits, limit your intake to no more than one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men. “A drink” is equal to 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of liquor. And avoid sugary mixers.

Foods to Choose: Tasty Extras

FOODS TO CHOOSE: TASTY EXTRAS 

  • All herbs and spices
  • All vinegars
  • Cacao nibs
  • Cocoa powder, unsweetened
  • Cooking oils
  • Dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa; limit to one ounce per day)
  • Lemon and lemon zest
  • Lime and lime zest
  • Yogurt (plain or flavored, with less than 17 grams of sugar per container)

To brush up on the basics of the plan, review the Diet Cleanse: The Basics. To see which foods you should steer clear of, check out the Foods to Lose. And for a sample three-day menu plan, click here.

Intro

Ready to make a fresh, new start? Try this month-long “diet cleanse” that focuses on removing four diet categories while bringing in nutritious foods that shower your body with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that can help you lose weight, boost energy and make you feel better.

Read on to learn which foods you can enjoy on the plan. And to brush up on the basics of the Diet Cleanse or see which foods you should steer clear of, click the links below: