The New Complete Book of Food



Avocado (California) Cauliflower Green beans

Greens Onions Plantain

Guava Orange Potato

Kiwi fruit Parsnip Raspberries

Kohlrabi Nectarine Strawberries

Mango Peanuts Sweet Potato

Melon Pear Tomato

Mushrooms Peas Turnip

Oatmeal Persimmon Zucchini

Okra Pineapple

foods with more than five grams dietary fiber per serving:

Avocado (Florida) Eggplant Prune

Barley Fig Pumpkin

Beans Lentils Raisins

Broccoli Lima bean Soy beans

Cereals Nuts Winter squash

Dates Papaya

high-Protein diet

A high-protein diet encourages the growth of new tissue, including muscle tissue, and speeds
wound healing. The RDA for proteins is 63 g for a man, 64 g for a woman. NOTE: The pro-
teins in foods marked with an asterisk (*) are limited in some essential amino acids.

foods with five to 10 grams protein per serving:

Beans* Gruyére Egg (whole)

Broccoli* Gorgonzola Figs (dried)*

Cereals (bulgar)* Leiderkranz Lentils*

Cheese Limburger Milk*

Blue Monterey Jack Pasta

Brie Mozzarella Peas*

Camembert Meunster Potato*

Cheddar Romano Rice (enriched)*

Edam Swiss Soy beans

foods with 10 to 20 grams protein per serving:

Cheese Tofu Yogurt

Cottage

Ricotta

foods with more than 20 grams protein per serving:

Beef Pork Variety meat

Fish Poultry Veal

Game meat Shellfish

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