Vegetables are too low in calories to serve as the centerpiece of your meals, but can be added without restriction. Fruits – because they are high in simple sugars – should generally be limited to 3 servings a day as they’re tasty and easy to over-consume.
Familiar Fruits and Vegetables are too numerous to list. Try adding some of these unfamiliar ones for variety.
Fruits:
- Carambola
- Papaya
- Cherimoy
- Persimmon
- Guava
- Pomegranate
- Kiwifruit
- Passion Fruit
- Kumquat
- Pumelo
- Loquat
- Quince
- Lychee
- Soursop
- Mango
Vegetables:
- Jicama
- Arugula
- Kale
- Bok Choy
- Kohlrabi
- Broccoli De Rabe
- Radicchio
- Burdock
- Salsify
- Celeriac (Celery Root)
- Sprouts (Alfalfa, Lentil, Mung Bean, Wheat)
- Chicory (Curly Endive)
- Swiss Chard
- Cocozelle
- Taro Root
- Collard Greens
- Turban Squash
- Daikon
- Water Chestnuts
- Endive
- Watercress
- Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunchoke)