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These lists are always a work in progress – please
feel free to share any new discoveries you make
on your low-carb journey with us!ALCOHOL*
- Brandy
- Champagne
- Dry red wine
- Dry white wine
- Rum
- Sparkling wine
- Tequila
- Vodka
- Whisky
NUTS
- Cashews
ALCOHOL
- Anything labelled ‘lite’
- Beer
- Cider
- Cocktails
- Sugary liqueurs
VEGGIES
& PULSES- Beans
- Chickpeas
- Dried beans
- Lentils
- Parsnips
- Peas
- Potatoes
SWEET THINGS
- Agave
- Any artificial sweeteners
- Biscuits
- Cakes
- Chocolate (less than
80% cocoa content)
Sometimes
Never
SWEET THINGS
- Dark chocolate
(80% and above cocoa
content – and only
very occasionally) - Honey (no more than
1 tsp at a time, very
occasionally – use honey
strictly for cooking,
otherwise it will seduce
you back into sugar
cravings in no time!)
FRUIT
- All fruit other
than berries
VEGGIES
- Beetroot
- Butternut
- Carrots
- Sweet potato
DAIRY
- Milk (only full cream and
only very occasionally) - Energy drinks
- Fizzy drinks
- Fructose
- Fruit juices
- HFCS
- Ice cream
(unless it’s low carb) - Malt
- Pastries
- Sugar
- Sweets
- Syrup
MEAT
- Lunch meat
- Processed meat
- Vienna sausages
NUTS
- Peanuts
(they’re not really nuts)
SOY
- Edamame beans
- Tofu
- All soy – including
sausages, etc
FATS
- Canola oil
- Cottonseed oil
- Flaxseed oil
- Grapeseed oil
- Hemp oil
- Margarine
- Rapeseed oil
- Safflower oil
- Sesame oil
- Soybean oil
- Sunflower oil
GRAINS &
CEREALS- All whole grains
- Amaranth
- Barley
- Bread
- Breakfast cereals
- Bulgur wheat
- Corn
- Couscous
- Crackers
- Millet
- Muesli
- Oats
- Pasta
- Popcorn
- Porridge
- Quinoa
- Rice
- Rye
- Spelt
- Wheat
DRIED FRUIT
- All of it
If you’re eating
all the right
things and
still not losing
weight you may
be consuming
too many nuts,
too many
berries, too
much alcohol or
too much dairy
or protein. Try
to cut back and
see how it goes.