This is an unofficial Yes/No list

based on Plant Paradox, not the

Quick & Easy, or books
published later.

Compliant and approved are not the

same. Those items with a red arrow
next to them contain ingredients the
PP book says are a No.
 The Yes List
ALCOHOL FISH (wild-caught; 4 oz./day)
Champagne (6 oz /day) Anchovies
Red Wine (6 oz./day) Bass, freshwater
Dark Spirits (1 oz./day) Calamari/squid
Clams
CEREAL Crab
Arrowhead Mills Natural Puffed Millet Cereal Halibut, Alaskan
Frankferd Farms Organic Puffed Millet Kippers
Edison Grainery Organic Morning Milo Cereal Lobster
NuCo and Thrive Market Organic Coconut Flakes Mackerel
Wild Zora AIP Classic Tigernut/Coconut (only) Mahi-mahi
Mussels
CHOCOLATE Oysters
Cocoa powder (non-alkalized only) Salmon, Alaskan
Dark chocolate (72% or greater; 1 oz./day) Sardines
Scallops
DAIRY (1 oz. cheese OR 4 oz. yogurt/day) Shrimp
Buffalo butter Trout
Buffalo mozzarella and other cheese Tuna, canned (only small tuna; no albacore or yellow fin)
Cow butter (A2 from France, Italy or Switzerland) Whitefish: includes cod, haddock, hake, herring, monkfish,
Cow cheese (A2 from France, Italy, or Switzerland) mullet, plaice, pollock, sea bass, skate, snapper, sole,
Cow milk (A2 only; creamer or cooking; not for drinking) swordfish, turbot, and whiting
Cow ricotta (A2 only from Italy)
Cow yogurt (A2 only, unsweetened) FLOURS/STARCHES
Cream cheese (organic) Almond (blanched)
Ghee Arrowroot
Goat butter Cassava, aka Yuca
Goat cheese Chestnut
Goat milk (creamer or cooking, not for drinking) Coconut
Goat yogurt (unsweetened) Grape seed
Goat/sheep kefir Green banana
Heavy cream (organic) Hazelnut
Sheep cheese Millet
Sheep yogurt (unsweetened) Sesame (and seeds)
Sour cream (organic) Sorghum
Whey protein powder Sweet potato
Tapioca
EGG REPLACERS Tiger nut
Bob’s Red Mill
EnerG
“FOODLES” (my name for acceptable noodles)
B Green millet and sorghum pastas
ENERGY PROTEIN BARS
Cappello’s almond flour pasta
Adapt: All flavors
B-Up (made by Yup): Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Edison Grainery sorghum pasta
Chocolate Mint, Sugar Cookie Jovial cassava pasta
KETO: Almond Butter Brownie, Chocolate Chip Cookie Kanten pasta
Dough, Coconut Chocolate Chip, Lemon Poppyseed, Kelp noodles
Korean sweet potato or yam noodles
Salted Caramel
Marigold: Chocolate Mint, ChocoNut, Dark & Salty, Double Hearts of palm noodles
Fudge Brownie, Pure Joy Shirataki, aka konjac noodles; two brands are Miracle
Paleo Thin: Almond Fudge Noodles (and rice) and Pasta Slim
Quest: Chocolate Sprinkled Doughnut, Cinnamon Roll, Sweet Potato Pasta elbow macaroni
TJ’s cauliflower gnocchi
Double Chocolate Chunk, Maple Waffle, Mocha Chocolate
Rowdy: Keto Chocolaty Cookie Dough
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FRUIT (limit all but avocado; in season only) NON-ALCOHOL BEVERAGES
Apples Coffee
Apricots Kombucha (Kevita brand low-sugar only, e.g., coconut,
Avocados coconut mojito)
Blackberries Tea (all types)
Blueberries
Cherries NON-DAIRY MILKS/CREAMS, ETC.
Citrus Almond milk (unsweetened, blanched)
Cranberries Almond ricotta (blanched)
Crispy pears (Anjou, Bosc, Comice) Almond yogurt (unsweetened, blanched)
Dates Coconut milk/cream (unsweetened)
Figs Coconut water (in a product only; not for drinking)
Jackfruit Coconut yogurt (unsweetened)
Kiwis Hemp milk
Nectarines Kite Hill Plain Unsweetened Almond Milk Yogurt
Peaches Lavva pili nut yogurt (4 oz./day)
Plums Nada Moo frozen dessert: Vanilla Bean and Mint Chip
Pomegranates Nubocha Dairy Free Gelato: Chocolate Arriba and
Raspberries Pistachio
Strawberries
NUTS & SEEDS (nuts 1/2 cup a day except Brazil nuts)
HERBS & SEASONINGS Almonds (blanched)
All except chili pepper flakes Baruka nuts
Avocado mayonnaise Brazil nuts (three)
Coconut aminos Coconut
Curry paste Chestnuts
Extracts (all) Flaxseeds
Fish sauce Hazelnuts
Miso Hemp protein powder and seeds
Mustard Macadamia nuts
Nutritional yeast Nut butters (from compliant nuts, unsweetened, almond
Sea salt (ideally iodized) must be blanched, 1 tbl./day)
Tahini Pecans
Vinegars (any without added sugar, but balsamic is fine) Pili nuts
Wasabi Pine nuts
Pistachios
Poppy
ICE CREAM (all use A1 milk )
Psyllium
Keto: Chocolate, Mint Chip, Sea Salt Caramel
Sesame
Killer Creamery: Chilla in Vanilla, Caramels Back, No
Walnuts
Judge Mint, and Salted Kaleamel
Mammoth Creameries: Vanilla Bean
OILS
Rebel Creamery: Black Raspberry, Butter Pecan, Salted
Algae oil (Thrive culinary brand)
Caramel, Snickerdoodle, Strawberry, and Vanilla
Avocado oil, extra virgin
Simple Truth: Butter Pecan and Chocolate Chip
Canola (organic only)
Coconut oil
MEAT (Grass-fed and finished; 2-4 oz./day) Flavored cod liver oil
Beef Flaxseed oil (do not heat)
Bison Hempseed oil (do not heat)
Boar Macadamia oil
Elk MCT oil
Lamb Olive oil, extra virgin
Pork (pastured, humanely raised) Perilla oil
Prosciutto Red palm oil, aka palm fruit oil and palm oil
Venison Boar Rice bran oil
Wild game Sesame oil
Walnut oil

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OLIVES Taro root
All (pimento-filled are Phase 3 only) Tiger nuts
Turnips
PLANT-BASED ‘MEAT’ Yams
Hemp tofu
Quorn: Grounds and the gluten-free line, Fillets and Pieces SWEETENERS
only Allulose
Tempeh (grain-free only) Bocha Sweet
Erythritol (Swerve is prefered as it contains
POULTRY (Pastured; no corn, soy, or gluten-grain feed; oligosaccharides)
2-4 oz./day) Inulin
Chicken Just Like Sugar (made from chicory root)
Dove Lakanto Maple Flavored Syrup
Duck Luo han guo (the Nutresse brand is good)
Eggs (up to 4 yolks and 1 white; pastured or omega-3) Monkfruit
Goose Monkfruit/erythritol blend (Lakanto & Health Garden are
Grouse two brands)
Ostrich Stevia (SweetLeaf is my favourite)
Pheasant Xylitol
Quail Yacón
Turkey
VEGETABLES
PREPACKAGED FLOUR MIXES/PRODUCTS Algae
Barely Bread bagels and bread without raisins Artichokes
Birch Benders Keto and Paleo pancake mixes Arugula
Bob’s Red Mill Grain-free Flatbread Mix Asparagus
Bread SRSLY Sourdough Sandwich Rolls Bamboo Shoots
Cabo Chips Tigernut & Cassava Flour Tortillas Basil
California Country Gal (bread only; not the mixes) Beets
Cappelo’s Naked pizza crust Bok choy
Julian Bakery Paleo Thin Almond Bread, Sandwich Bread, Broccoli
and Coconut Bread Brussels sprouts
Mikey’s Original and Toasted Onion English Muffins, and Cabbage (green and red)
Pizza Crust Carrots
Siete Tortillas (made with cassava or almond flour) Cauliflower
Simple Mills chestnut flour pancake and pizza dough Celery
mixes, artisan bread, and almond flour crackers Chicory
The Real Coconut cassava-flour tortillas and chips Chinese cabbage
Whole Foods Paleo and Unbread Chives
Cilantro
RESISTANT STARCHES (One small serving per meal) Collards
Baobab fruit Dandelion greens
Cassava, aka Yuca Dill
Celery root (celeriac) Endive
Coconut Escarole
Glucomannan (konjac root) Fennel
Green bananas Fiddlehead fern
Green mango Garlic
Green papaya Ginger
Green plantains Hearts of palm
Jicama Jerusalem artichokes (sunchoke)
Millet Kale
Parsnips Kimchi
Persimmon Kohlrabi
Rutabaga Leafy greens (all)
Sorghum Leeks
Sweet potatoes Lemongrass

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Lettuce (all) Radicchio
Mesclun (micro greens from any of the Yes list vegetables) Radishes (all)
Mint Raw sauerkraut
Mizuna Rhubarb
Mushrooms Romaine
Mustard greens Scallions
Napa cabbage Sea vegetables
Nopales cactus Seaweed
Okra Spinach
Onions Swiss chard
Parsley Tarragon
Perilla Water Chestnuts
Purslane Watercress

The No List
Items with an asterisk can be reintroduced in Phase 3 if the skin and seeds are removed, OR if they’re
pressure cooked. Vegetarians and vegans can reintroduce legumes (beans and lentils) in Phase 2.

Lettuce (all) NO GRAIN OR SOYBEAN FED FISH, SHELLFISH,

Mesclun (micro greens from any of the Yes list vegetables) POULTRY, BEEF, LAMB OR PORK
Mint
Mizuna
GRAINS, SPROUTED GRAINS, PSEUDO-GRAINS
Mushrooms
and GRASSES
DAIRY Non–Southern European Cow’s Milk Products Amaranth*
(these contain casein A-1)
Barley (cannot pressure cook)
Butter
Barley grass
Cheese
Brown rice
Cottage cheese
Buckwheat
Yogurt (including Greek)
Bulgur
Corn
FRUITS & VEGETABLES Cornstarch
All lentils* Kashi
Beans* Oats (cannot pressure cook)
Bean sprouts Popcorn
Bell peppers* Quinoa*
Chickpeas* Rye (cannot pressure cook)
Chili peppers* Spelt
Cucumbers* Wheat (cannot pressure cook)
Edamame Wheat Einkorn
Eggplant* Wheat Kamut
Goji berries Wheatgrass
Grapes White rice (except basmati from India)*
Green beans Whole grains
Legumes* (Except those otherwise noted as a No.) Wild rice*
Lentil pasta*
Melons (any kind)
NUTS & SEEDS
Pea protein
Cashews
Peas
Chia
Pineapple
Peanuts
Pumpkin*
Pumpkin
Soy
Sunflower
Soy protein
Squashes (any kind)*
Sugar snap peas
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OILS SEASONINGS
Corn Chili pepper flakes
Cottonseed Ketchup
Grape seed Mayonnaise
Peanut Soy sauce
Safflower Steak sauces
Soy
Sunflower SWEETENERS
Acesulfame K
REFINED, STARCHY FOODS Agave
Bread Aspartame
Cereal Coconut sugar
Cookies Corn syrup
Crackers Diet drinks
Flours made from grain and pseudo-grains Honey (1 teaspoon per day local or Manuka; Phase 3 only)
Pasta Maltodextrin
Pastry Maple syrup
Potato chips NutraSweet
Potatoes* Splenda (Sucralose)
Rice Sugar
Tortillas Sweet One or Sunett
Sweet’n Low (Saccharin)