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My foods to choose
The foods you choose are important to help you feel your best. Use this list of 100+ great food
choices as a quick reference guide and shopping list. It’s important to talk to your dietitian to learn
more about good food choices and how you can eat the foods you love.

Protein: Bread, Cereal  Blueberries

Breadfruit
& Grains:


Serving size: ¹⁄ 3 cup or  Cantaloupe

1-2 ounces, cooked Serving size: 1 slice,  Cherries

 Beans  Dried fruits (apples,

1 piece or ½ cup
 Beef
 Bagel (half) blueberries, cherries,
 Chicken
 Bread loaf coconut, cranberries)
 Edamame  Grapes
 Cereal
 Eggs (whole or egg whites)  Guava
 Corn tortilla
 Fish  Honeydew
 Couscous
 Lamb  Jackfruit
 English muffin (half)
 Lentils  Kiwi
 Old-fashioned or
 Pork  Lychee
steel-cut oatmeal
 Tofu  Mango
 Pasta
 Turkey  Nectarine
 Pita (half)
 Veal  Orange
 Quinoa
 Wild game  Papaya
 Rice
 Passion fruit
 Rice cakes
All-natural, fresh meat is best.  Peach
 Slow-cook cream of wheat
Low-sodium, frozen or canned  Pear
 Slow-cook grits
meats (rinsed) are also  Persimmon
acceptable. Limit cured & deli  Pineapple
meats. Beans, edamame &
lentils are higher in potassium.
Fruits:  Plantain/platano

Serving size: 1 small piece  Plum

or ½ cup  Pomegranate
 Apple  Raspberries
 Apricot  Sapodilla
 Avocado  Strawberries

 Banana  Tangerine

 Watermelon

Foods listed are based on USDA nutrient database averages. Choose fresh, canned or frozen
For additional details, talk with your dietitian. fruits. If dried, only ¼ cup.
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Vegetables: 


Water chestnuts
Yams
Dairy:
Serving size: ½ cup fresh or  Yucca/cassava Serving size: 1 slice or ½ cup
cooked or 1 cup raw leafy  Zucchini  Cheese (natural—brick, brie,
 Artichoke caraway, cheddar, cheshire,
 Asparagus
 Bean sprouts
Fluids: colby, gjetost, goat, monterey,
mozzarella, muenster,
 Beets Serving size: 4 ounces neufchatel, ricotta, swiss)
 Broccoli  100% fruit juice (all types)  Cottage cheese

 Brussels sprouts  Fresh-brewed coffee  Greek yogurt

 Cabbage  Fresh-brewed tea  Milk & milk substitutes

 Carrots (black, herbal) (unenriched almond, rice, soy)

 Cauliflower  Fresh-squeezed lemonade

 Celery  Nectars (apricot, guava,

 Chard mango, papaya, peach, pear) Condiments,

 Chinese cabbage

 Corn
 Soda (club, lemon-lime)

 Water (sparkling, tap)

Fats & Seasonings:
 Cucumber Serving size: varies
 Eggplant Black pepper
Desserts


 Green or wax beans  Cream

& Snacks:
 Greens  Cream cheese

 Jicama  Dried and fresh herbs

 Kale Serving size: 1 piece, 1⁄8 pie  Garlic

 Kohlrabi or ½ cup  Homemade gravy

 Leeks  All-natural fruit leather  Honey

 Lettuce  Animal crackers  Hot sauce

 Mushrooms  Apple sauce  Jam/jelly

 Okra  Frozen fruit bars  Ketchup

 Onion  Fruit cocktail  Lemon & lime juice or zest

 Parsnips  Homemade desserts  Mayonnaise/sandwich spread

 Peas  Mustard
(such as fruit pie, cobbler)
 Peppers  Italian ice  Oils (canola, olive, safflower,

 Potatoes  Nuts, seeds & natural nut vegetable)

 Pumpkin  Onion
butters (2 tablespoons)
 Radish  Rice Krispies treats  Pico de gallo

 Rutabaga  Sherbet  Salsa

 Spinach  Unsalted snacks (crackers,  Sour cream

 Squash (all types)  Sweet & sour sauce

pita chips, popcorn, pretzels,
 Tomato  Sweet pickles
tortilla chips)
 Tomato products (low-sodium  Unsalted butter/margarine

juice, paste, puree, sauce)  Vinegar

 Turnips

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