Foods you can reintroduce to your meals after the first two weeks

Fruits
Apples
Apricots - dried fresh
Blueberries
Cantaloupe
Cherries
Grapefruit
Grapes
Kiwi
Mangoes
Oranges
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Strawberries

Dairy
Milk
light soy
fat-free or 1%
Yogurt
light, fruit-flavored
plain, low-fat or fat-free

Starches (Use Sparingly)
Bagels, small, whole grain
Bread
multigrain
oat and bran
rye
whole wheat
Cereal
Fiber One
Kellogg's Extra-Fiber All Bran
oatmeal (not instant)
other high-fiber
Uncle Sam
Muffins, bran - sugar-free (no raisins)
Pasta, whole wheat
Pita
stone-ground
whole wheat
Popcorn
Potato, small, sweet
Rice
brown
wild

Vegetables and Legumes
Barley
Beans, pinto
Black-eyed peas
Peas, green

Miscellaneous
Chocolate (sparingly)
bittersweet
semisweet
Pudding, fat-free
Wine, red

FOODS TO AVOID OR EAT RARELY

Starches and Breads
Bagel, refined wheat
Bread - refined wheat white
Cookies
Cornflakes
Matzo
Pasta, white flour
Potatoes - baked, white instant
Rice cakes
Rice, white
Rolls, dinner

Vegetables
Beets
Carrots
Corn
Potatoes

Fruits
Bananas
Canned fruit, juice packed
Fruit juice
Pineapple
Raisins
Watermelon

Miscellaneous
Honey
Ice cream
Jam

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EASING INTO PHASE 2 ACCORDING TO DR. AGATSTON

Fruit:
1 fruit serving allowed daily to begin, gradually increased to 3 total servings for the day

Fruit Choices (with suggested serving sizes):
- Apples, 1 small
- Apricots, 4, or 7 dried apricot halves
- Blueberries, 3/4 cup
- Cantaloupe, 1/4 or 1 cup chunks
- Cherries, 12
- Grapefruit, 1/2
- Grapes, 15
- Kiwi, 1
- Mangoes, 1/2
- Oranges, 1
- Peaches, 1 medium
- Pears, 1 medium
- Plums, 2
- Strawberries, 3/4 cup

Starches:
1 starch serving allowed daily at first, gradually increased to 2 or 3 total servings for the day

Starch Choices and Carbs (with suggested serving sizes):
- Bagel, small, whole-grain, 1/2 small
- Bread, 1 slice (multigrain, oat and bran, rye, whole-wheat)
- Cereal, 1/2 cup (Fiber One, Kasha, cooked, Kellogg's Extra-Fiber All Bran, oatmeal (not instant), other high-fiber, Muesli, toasted, Uncle Sam)
- Couscous, 1/2 cup
- Muffins, bran, 1 (sugar-free (no raisins))
- Pasta, whole-wheat, 1/2 cup
- Peas, green, 1/2 cup
- Pita, 1 small (stone-ground, whole-wheat)
- Popcorn, 1/2 cup
- Potato, small, sweet, 1 small
- Quinoa, cooked 1/2 cup
- Rice, 1/2 cup (brown, wild)
- Wheat germ, 3 Tbs.

Milk:
1 - 1 1/2 cups allowed daily (including yogurt)

Milk Choices (with suggested servings sizes):
- Milk, no fat or 1%, 1/2 cup
- Light soy, 1/2 cup
- Plain, low-fat or fat-free yogurt, 1/2 cup

DON'T FORGET - ALL PHASES

Drink at least eight glasses of water or decaf beverages

(club soda, unsweetened flavored seltzers, decaf tea or coffee [no sugar],

decaf sugar-free sodas) per day.

Limit caffeine-containing beverages to 1 cup per day.

Take a daily multivitamin and mineral supplement.

Take a daily calcium supplement (500 mg for men of all ages and women under 50, 1,000 mg for women over 50).