1. The Good and the Bad
To find Best of Life Diet approved foods stay away from soft drinks, high fat dairy products, white bread and pasta, fried foods and trans fats. Instead, approved foods on the Best of Life Diet include lots of water, low fat dairy and soy alternatives, whole wheat pasta and bread, whole grain rice and fresh vegetables and fruits. Make sure to incorporate mono unsaturated into your diet with olive oil, avocados and nuts and seeds. In restaurants, choose lower sodium choices of approved foods.
2. Let's Go Shopping
It is easy to know what to eat on the Best of Life Diet by using the suggested guidelines. Use the list to make your grocery shopping easier. Buy spices and seasonings like sea salt, tamari, miso, pure soy sauce, turmeric, ginger, onion and garlic. Good grains and other high fiber foods are muesli, oats, whole wheat pasta, sprouted grain breads, wheat bran, millet, bulgar wheat, black-eyed beans, lentils, chick-peas, lima beans, peas and chick-peas. Buy a variety of nuts and seeds such as walnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, pine nuts, nut butters, brazil nuts and almonds. If you buy nut butters, make sure there are no additional ingredients. Be careful when purchasing packaged foods. Good choices are tempeh, tofu, tahini, whole apple cider vinegar, spirulina, seaweeds, sauerkraut, oily fish like sardines, tuna, herring, eel and mackeral, hummus, honey, extra virgin olive oil and dried dates, apricots, prunes and dates. Buy a good assortment of fruits and vegetables.
3. Brand Name Buying Power
The Best of Life Diet provides a list of approved brand name products so it is even easier not to divert from your diet. For soymilk, choose fat-free, chocolate, strawberry, and banana smoothie flavors from 8th Continent Soy Milk. Barilla Plus brand makes spaghetti, rotini, elbow and penne pastas. The diet recommends Bayer's One-a-Day women's and men's multi-vitamin formulas. Buy Bertolli brand olive oils. Cascadian Farm makes a good assortment of frozen fruits including blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. Cascadian Farm also makes Purely O's Cereal, Raisin bran, Honey Nut O's and Oats & Honey Granola. Other good cereals are Cheerios and Fiber One Cereal and Bars. The author recommends to eat all Green Giant vegetables. Hellmann's mayonnaise and Lipton Teas are good choices. You can also buy Slim Fast products and Progresso Soups. Wasa make good crispbreads which are like healthy crackers. Eat Yoplait brand yogurts in a variety of flavors.
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