Food Category | Hippocrates Diet Foods | Transitional Foods | Avoid Altogether |
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Proteins | Fermented seed and nut sauces, yogurts, and cheeses; seed milks; sprouted seeds, beans, and nuts; avocados; green drinks | Slow-cooked beans and peas (soups); tofu; tempeh; fresh roasted nuts and nut butters; unsoaked nuts and seeds | Red meats; fish; poultry; battery farm eggs; pasteurized milk and cheeses; hydrolyzed vegetable proteins; luncheon meats; meat analogs |
Carbohydrates | Grain crisps; sprouted grain breads, cereals, and warmed cereals; sprouted wheat loaves; grain milks; sprouted pie crusts; treats | Sourdough breads (no yeast); unleavened crackers; whole slow-cooked rice, wheat, millet, buckwheat, barley, oats, cornmeal, bulgur, rye; sprouted grain breads; natural granola | All yeasted breads and flour products; processed grains; white rice; noodles, pasta; granola with sugar; baked goods containing refined oils; sugar; refined flour; additives |
Fats/Oils | Avocados; seed and nut cheeses; fresh raw nut butters in small amounts; vegetable and seed yogurt dressings | Small amounts of refined sesame or olive oil on salads; nut butters; sesame tahini | All oils except sesame and olive; commercial nut butters; peanuts; pasteurized butter or cream; all foods containing or cooked in oils |
Vegetables | Uncooked sprouts and greens; organically grown; pickled with no salt; dried, blended into soups or sauces; juiced | Steamed (no oil); slow-baked; soups and stews; broth; en casserole; inorganically grown | Frozen; irradiated; canned; overcooked; cooked with sugar and/or salt; stale or wilted; pickled with salt |
Fruits | Fresh raw, in sauces, soups, salads, shakes, milks, pies, dried, unsulfured, as snacks | Cooked fruits or cooked fruit desserts; baked apples; soaked and steamed dried fruits; steamed fruits; apple sauce | Canned or preserved with chemicals and added sugar; sulfured dried; unripe |
Beverages | Rejuvelac; fresh fruit and vegetable juices; spring or distilled water; green drinks | Bottled natural fruit and vegetable juices; herb teas; natural carbonated drinks; grain coffee | Tap water; coffee; tea; soda; alcoholic drinks; artificially sweetened fruit drinks |
Snacks | Vegetable sticks; fresh fruit; sprouted trail mix; grain crisps; fresh juice; dried fruit and nut candles; seed cheese on celery sticks | Rice cakes; natural granola; unleavened crackers; trail mix; rice sushi; baked apples; bottled juices; popcorn (no oil or butter); herb tea; grain coffee; rice syrup candy | Natural and unnatural junk food snacks; commercial "health" food snacks; soda; candies |
Condiments | Raw unfiltered honey; bee pollen; fresh fruits; dried fruits; miso; tamari; veggie salt; kelp powder; sauerkraut; lemons, lemon juice; fresh and dried herbs | Pasteurized honey; maple syrup; barley malt; rice syrup; sorghum; cider vinegar; sea salt; garlic; onion; cayenne; chili spices; powdered vegetable enzymes; natural cooking wine | Products containing additives, including: sugar, molasses, cane syrup, dextrose (glucose), fructose, salt, iodized salt, vinegar, pepper, monosodium glutamate (MSG), oils, eggs, coloring, and preservatives |