I always get the question
“So Dr. Joe, what can I eat?”
Here is a list I’ve compiled of all the guilt-free foods you
can enjoy without hesitation, even if you’re trying to lose weight!”
Once people hear Dr. Joe’s 7 deadly sins of nutrition (alcohol, meat, sugar, dairy, coffee, soda, artificial sweetener) they always say either “so what can I eat” or “that’s my entire diet”. We decided to compile a list of “free foods” you can eat without guilt even if you’re on a weight loss journey!
Keep in mind organic is always better when it comes to any type of food, but I do understand with budgets it’s not always the most cost-friendly option, here’s a list of the clean 15 and dirty dozen! If you don’t know what that is, the clean 15 is a list of foods that are okay to eat non-organic and the dirty dozen are foods that should ALWAYS be organic!
Bean and Legumes
- Beans (refried- fat-free-canned)
- Beans (adzuki, black, fava, butter, cannellini, cranberry, green, garbanzo, great northern, kidney, lima, lupini, mung, navy, pink, small white, snap, soy, string, wax, white
- Edamame
- Lentils
- Mung Dal
- Salad, three-bean
- Succotash
Condiments
- Lemon zest
- Lime zest
- Pico de gallo
- Pumpkin puree
- Salsa
- Sauerkraut
- Tomato puree
- Tomato sauce
Proteins
- Egg substitutes
- Organic Tofu
Fruits
- Apples
- Apricots
- Banana
- Beets
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Cherries
- Cantaloupe
- Clementines
- Cranberries
- Figs
- Guava
- Grapes
- Grapefruit
- Kumquats
- Melon
- Honeydew
- Jackfruit
- Kiwi
- Lemon
- Line
- Litchis
- Mangoes
- Nectarine
- Oranges
- Papaya
- Passion Fruit
- Peaches
- Pears
- Persimmons
- Pineapple
- Plumcots
- Plums
- Pomegranate seeds
- Pomegranate
- Pomelo
- Pumpkin
- Raspberries
- Starfruit
- Strawberries
- Tangelo
- Tangerine
- Watermelon
Vegetables
- Arrowroot
- Artichoke Hearts
- Arugula
- Artichokes
- Bamboo shoot
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Broccoli rabe
- Broccoli slaw
- Broccolini
- Brussels sprouts
- Bok choy
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Corn (baby, white, yellow, kernels, on the cob)
- Collards
- Coleslaw mix
- Eggplant
- Escarole
- Endive
- Fennel
- Garlic
- Ginger root
- Greens: beet, collard, dandelion, kale, mustard, turnip
- Greens, mixed baby
- Hearts of palm
- Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke)
- Jicama
- Kohlrabi
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Mung bean sprouts
- Mushroom caps
- Mushrooms (all varieties)
- Okra
- Onions
- Parsley
- Pea shoots
- Peapods
- Peas and carrots
- Peas (black-eyed peas, crowder,
- southern, young pods with seeds, green, pigeon, snow (Chinese pea pods); split, sugar snap)
- Peppers
- Pepperoncini
- Pickles
- Pimientos
- Radishes
- Radicchio
- Rutabagas
- Salad, mixed greens
- Salad, without dressing
- Scallions
- Seaweed/ Nori seaweed
- Shallots
- Spinach
- Sprouts
- Squash, summer (all varieties)
- Squash, winter(all varieties)
- Swiss chard
- Taro leaves and shoots
- Tomatoes, all varieties
- Turnips
- Vegetable sticks
- Vegetables, mixed
- Vegetables, stir fry, without sauce
- Water chestnuts
- Watercress
