Fruits and Vegetables

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)