the ultimate grgr's guide to food

a list of allowed food and forbidden food,

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Cruciferous vegetables

  • arugula
  • bok choy
  • broccoli
  • brussel sprouts
  • cauliflower
  • collards
  • kale
  • kimchi
  • kohlrabi
  • napa cabbage
  • radicchio

Leafy greens

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Refined, starchy foods

  • bread
  • cereal
  • cookies
  • crackers
  • pasta
  • pastries
  • potato chips
  • potatoes
  • rice (with some exceptions)
  • tortillas
  • wheat flour

Grains, sprouted grains, pseudo-grains, and grasses

  • barley (cannot pressure cook)
  • barley grass
  • brown rice
  • buckwheat
  • bulgur
  • corn
  • corn products
  • corn syrup
  • einkorn
  • kamut
  • kasha
  • oats (cannot pressure cook)
  • popcorn
  • quinoa
  • rye (cannot pressure cook)
  • spelt
  • wheat(pressure cooking doesn't remove lectins)
  • wheatgrass
  • white rice (except pressure-cooked white basmati rice from india)
  • wild rice

Vegetables

  • beans* (all, including sprouts)
  • chickpeas* (including as hummus)
  • edamame
  • green beans
  • legumes*
  • lentils* (all)
  • pea proteins
  • peas
  • soy
  • soy protein
  • sugar snap peas
  • textured vegetable protein (TVP)
  • tofu

* Allowable only if they are properly prepared in a pressure cooker

Nuts and seeds

  • almonds with peels
  • cashews
  • chia seeds
  • peanuts
  • pumpkin seeds
  • sunflower seeds

Fruits (some called vegetables, well I actually thought all of them but goji berries)

  • bell peppers*
  • chiles*
  • cucumbers*
  • eggplant*
  • goji berries
  • melons (any kind)
  • pumpkin
  • squash (any kind)
  • tomatillos*
  • tomatoes*
  • zucchini

*must be peeled, deseeded and pressure cooked

Dairies: milk products that contain A1 casein

  • butter (even grass-fed), unless from A2 cows, sheeps or goats
  • cheese (see exceptions in yes-list)
  • cottage cheese
  • frozen yoghurt
  • ice cream
  • kefir
  • milk
  • ricotta
  • yoghurt
  • greek yoghurt

Oils

  • canola (most is GMO)
  • corn
  • cottonseed
  • grape-seed
  • partially hydrogenated oils
  • peanut
  • safflower
  • soy
  • sunflower
  • vegetable

Herbs and seasoning

  • ketchup
  • mayonnaise (except avocado mayonnaise)
  • red chile flakes
  • soy sauce
  • steak sauce
  • Worcestershire sauce