Foods to Avoid on the Aip
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FOODS TO AVOID ON THE AIP can eat rather than what you can’t, it’s also impor- tant to spell out exactly which foods should be avoided for those with autoimmune disease. Don’t be discour- aged by this list, because the rest of this book focuses on all the delicious and wonderfully healthy foods you can eat. I promise you will not feel deprived! Grains: Barley, corn, durum, fonio, Job’s tears, kamut, Sugar alcohols: Erythritol, mannitol, sorbitol, and millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, spelt, teff, triticale, wheat (all xylitol. (Naturally occurring sugar alcohols found in whole varieties, including einkorn and semolina), and wild rice. foods like fruit are OK.) Gluten: Barley, rye, wheat, and foods derived from Nonnutritive sweeteners: Acesulfame potassium, these ingredients. (See the table on page 99 for hidden aspartame, neotame, saccharin, stevia, and sucralose. sources of gluten and commonly contaminated foods.) Nuts and nut oils: Almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, Pseudo-grains and grain like substances: chestnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, pine nuts, Amaranth, buckwheat, chia, and quinoa. products derived from these nuts. (Coconut is an excep- Butter, buttermilk, butter oil, cheese, cottage Dairy: tion) cheese, cream, milk, curds, dairy-protein isolates, ghee, heavy - Seeds and seed oils: - late, whipping cream, and yogurt. (Cultured grass-fed ghee - might be tolerated.) ters, oils, and other products derived from them. Legumes: Adzuki beans, black beans, black-eyed Nightshades or spices derived from nightshades: peas, butter beans, calico beans, cannellini beans, chick- Ashwagandha, bell peppers (aka sweet peppers), cayenne peas (aka garbanzo beans), fava beans (aka broad beans), peppers, cape gooseberries (ground cherries, not to be Great Northern beans, green beans, Italian beans, kidney confused with regular cherries, which are OK), eggplant, beans, lentils, lima beans, mung beans, navy beans, pinto garden huckleberries (not to be confused with regular beans, peanuts, peas, runner beans, split peas, and soy- huckleberries, which are OK), goji berries (aka wolfber- beans (including edamame, tofu, tempeh, other soy prod- ries), hot peppers (chili peppers and chili-based spices), ucts, and soy isolates, such as soy lecithin). naranjillas, paprika, pepinos, pimentos, potatoes (sweet potatoes are OK), tamarillos, tomatillos, and tomatoes. Canola oil (rapeseed Processed vegetable oils: (Note: Some curry powders have nightshade ingredients.) oil), corn oil, cottonseed oil, palm kernel oil, peanut oil, saf- Spices derived from seeds (small amounts might Anise, annatto, black caraway (Russian be tolerated): Processed food chemicals and ingredients: caraway, black cumin), celery seed, coriander, cumin, dill, - fennel, fenugreek, mustard, and nutmeg. (For more infor- vors, autolyzed protein, brominated vegetable oil, emul- mation on spices, see Spices print out.) xanthan gum), hydrolyzed vegetable protein, monosodium Eggs: Although egg yolks might be tolerated. glutamate, nitrates or nitrites (naturally occurring are okay), Although an occasional drink after remission olestra, phosphoric acid, propylene glycol, textured veg- Alcohol: might be tolerated. etable protein, trans fats (partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, hydrogenated oil), yeast extract, and any ingredient with Coee: Although an occasional cup might be tolerated. a chemical name that you don’t recognize. High-glycemic-load foods Added sugars: Agave, agave nectar, barley malt, bar- ley malt syrup, beet sugar, brown rice syrup, brown sugar, cane crystals, cane juice, cane sugar, caramel, coconut sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, corn syrup solids, crys- FOODS TO CONSUME talline fructose, date sugar, dehydrated cane juice, demer- IN MODERATION ara sugar, dextrin, dextrose, diastatic malt, evaporated cane juice, fructose, fruit juice, fruit juice concentrate, galactose, Green and black tea glucose, glucose solids, golden syrup, high-fructose corn Fructose: Aim for between ten and twenty grams syrup, honey, invert sugar, inulin, jaggery, lactose, malt syrup, of fructose per day. maltodextrin, maltose, maple syrup, molasses, monk fruit Salt: Use pink or gray salt because it is rich in trace (luo han guo), muscovado sugar, palm sugar, panela, pano- minerals. bran syrup, rice syrup, saccharose, sorghum syrup, sucanat, Moderate-glycemic-load vegetables and sucrose, syrup, treacle, turbinado sugar, yacon syrup. (For a fruits discussion of Paleo Approach–friendly treats, see page 231.).