| Foods |
Prefer |
Limit |
Avoid |
| Cereals |
Wheat, rice, ragi, bajra, maize, jowar |
Foods prepared with maida like white bread and biscuits |
Cakes, pastries, nan roti, roomali roti, noodles |
| Pulses |
Whole and sprouted and dals |
- |
- |
| Vegetables |
Green leafy vegetables and other vegetables |
Roots and tubers |
Fried vegetables, banana chips, canned vegetables |
| Fruits |
Fresh fruits |
- |
Dried fruits, canned fruits and syrup |
| Dairy Products |
Low fat milk , buttermilk, skimmed milk |
whole milk, milk powders |
cheese, butter, khoa, condensed milk, milk cream |
| Eggs |
Egg white |
- |
Egg yolk |
| Animal foods |
Fish |
Chicken |
Prawns, shrimp, all types of meat |
| Fat |
More than one type of vegetable oil |
Total fat intake |
Oily dishes, butter, ghee, coconut oil, vanaspati, deep fried foods |
| Sugar and sugar products |
Sugar, jaggery |
Sugar in any homemade beverages |
Sweets like icecreams choclates |
| Nuts and oilseeds |
- |
All nuts and oilseeds |
- |
| Beverages |
Fresh fruit juice without sugar,light tea |
Coffee, cola, soft drinks |
Alcohol |
| Salt |
Foods in natural state |
Too much salt in preparation |
Pickles, papads, sauces, salt biscuits, fried crispies |