Foods to Avoid - Various Resources

As I mentioned, I've been reading The Hormone Diet.  I've also recently read Meals that Heal Inflammation and The Immune System Recovery Plan.  I've glanced through dietary recommendations for The Virgin Diet, The Bulletproof Diet and Paleo Diet.

All of the above eating plans are purported to be more natural and less toxic that the Standard American Diet (SAD).  They are written as lifestyle changes, not as temporary weight loss recommendations.

Below is a chart comparing their "don't eat" lists.  The results are surprisingly (or maybe not surprisingly) similar.  They also include most of the foods a lot of people eat daily.  The biggest differences appear to be in the amount of grains and starchy vegetables recommended.  The Paleo Diet does not allow any, while other diets allow them entirely or in moderation.

In the near future, I'll post a list of foods that are recommended as 'good' by these various sources.

I have been primarily following the Meals that Heal Inflammation recommendations.

Food	Hormone	Inflammation	Immune	Virgin	Paleo	Bulletproof
Processed meats	Avoid 100%	Harmful	Avoid	Avoid	Not allowed	Avoid
White flour	Avoid  80%	Harmful	Avoid	Avoid	Not allowed	Avoid
Gluten grains		Harmful	Avoid	Avoid	Not allowed	Avoid
White rice	Avoid 80%	Caution			Not allowed	Caution
Other grains		Some good/some caution			Not allowed	Rices/quinoa/oats are caution foods
Sugar	Avoid 80%	Harmful	Avoid	Avoid	Not allowed	Avoid
Potatoes	Avoid 80%	Caution			Not allowed	Caution
Trans fats	Avoid 100%	Harmful	Avoid	Avoid	Not allowed	Avoid
Vegetable oils	Avoid 100%	Harmful			Not allowed	Avoid
Peanuts	Avoid unless organic and toxin free	Harmful	Avoid		Not allowed	Avoid
High fructose corn syrup	Avoid 100%	Harmful	Avoid	Avoid	Not allowed	Avoid
Artificial sweeteners	Avoid 100%	Harmful		Avoid	Not allowed	Avoid
High-mercury fish (tuna, shark, sole)	Avoid 80%	Harmful		Avoid		Caution
Farmed salmon	Avoid 100%	Caution		Avoid		Caution
Artificial colors, preservatives, sulfites, nitrites	Avoid 100%	Harmful	Avoid	Avoid	Not allowed	Avoid
Dried fruit	Avoid unless eaten with protein					Caution
Non-organic meat/meat from corn-fed animals	Avoid as much as possible	Harmful - prefer grass fed organic	Avoid	Avoid		Caution
Non-organic coffee	Avoid 80% only drink coffee before noon	Harmful – freshly ground organic is caution	Avoid	Avoid	Mixed - caution	Avoid
Dairy		Conventional dairy – harmful; Organic - caution	Avoid/may reintroduce	Avoid/may reintroduce	Not allowed	Avoid – except butter
Soy		Harmful	Avoid/may reintroduce non-GMO	Avoid/may reintroduce	Not allowed	Avoid
Corn		Caution	Avoid/may reintroduce organic corn	Avoid/may reintroduce	Not allowed	Caution – avoid if not fresh on the cob
Eggs		Organic-good conventional - caution	Avoid/may reintroduce organic	Avoid/may reintroduce	Allowed	Avoid conventional; pastured is good
Shellfish		Caution	Avoid/may reintroduce		Allowed	Caution
Nightshade vegetables (potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant)		Caution	Avoid/may reintroduce	Avoid/may reintroduce	No potatoes; rest are allowed	Caution
Beans/legumes		Mixed			Not allowed	Caution
Alcohol		Wine/saki caution, limit; others are harmful	Avoid	Wine okay in moderation	Not allowed	Caution