Rainbow Green Cuisine Phase Chart - Dr. Gabriel Cousens, M.D.

Last Updated - May 19, 2014

Phase 1: Foundation Phase 1.5 Phase 2 Phase 2 - Minimal Use Foods to Avoid
Vegetables Vegetables (raw, whole) Vegetables (raw) High Sugar Fruits Processed Food
green sprouts carrots, beets, hard squash yams, sweet potatoes apricots
green leafy vegetables pumpkin, parsnips, rutabaga figs
green juices & smoothies
Animal Products
Fruits grapes flesh
other veggies (unless noted) grapefruit Coconut raisins dairy
raspberries/blueberries/strawberries coconut water (diluted with melons eggs
Sea Vegetables cherries other ingredients) mangos
kelp, nori, dulse, sea palm, low quality honey
cranberries (fresh, unsweetened) bananas
sea lettuce papaya
grapes Fruits All Grains
green apples oranges (seeded) persimmons
Non-Sweet Fruits pineapple
(except those listed)
tomatoes, cucumbers apples
Condiments / Sweeteners pears kiwi
red bell pepper, lemons, lime peanuts
mesquite meal peaches sapote
cottonseed
raw carob plums tamarin
Fats / Oils cherimoya
pistachios
hemp oil/seeds/powder, avocado, cacao oil/butter blackberries
rambutian
olives & olive oil, sesame/pumpkin/ corn
durian
almond oil, flax seeds, chia seeds, Super Foods Sweeteners white potatoes
nuts & seeds pomegranates yacon mushrooms
(except as listed in Foods to Avoid), goji berries lucuma Dried Fruits
bee pollen inulin figs sugar
coconut oil
maca root dates alcohol
coconut meat/ pulp/ creme/ flakes,
noni & mangosteen extract raisins coffee
cacao beans (not for diabetics) Teas
white caffeine
Super Foods Non-gluten Grains green Fruit / Carrot Juice tobacco
blue green algaes, green powders, quinoa, buckwheat, millet fresh & raw diluted 1/2 with
spirulina, chlorella, marine phyto- amaranth water heated, refined, processed oil
plankton, wheatgrass juice wild rice & margarines
teff Lightly cooked, whole veggies
Fermented Foods yams, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, soy sauce, nama shoyu &
cultured* seed mylk Beans parsnips, beets, rutabaga, braggs
cultured* seed cheeze kidney, pinto, black beans hard squash, summer squash
sauerkraut, apple cider vinegar, brewer’s yeast
garbanzo
soy free miso nutritional yeast

Sweeteners Fermented Foods bottled juices

stevia, xylitol, erythritol cultured* coconut meat
coconut kefir
uncontrolled fermented foods
Legume Sprouted: Moderate organic kombucha
lentil (good for diabetics) Juice rejuvelac
mung (good for diabetics) grapefruit juice
chick peas (good for diabetics) (diluted 1/2 with water) dark & light agave

Teas, Spices & Herbs NOTES:

herbal caffeine-FREE tea
all herbs & spices
Everything A small amount of Phase 1.5
fruit/veg in a large salad =
Supplements
medicinal mushroom extracts, 100% Organic, Phase 1.0
probiotics, enzymes, herbs, ionic
minerals, msm, silica, garlic extract, Vegan & Live A small amount of Phase 2
fruit/veg in a large salad =
vitamin C
Phase 1.5
Pure Salt
* Cultured items include an
Himalayan, Transformational Salts
added probiotic