Maintenance Mode Must Knows

NO RECIPES, it’s easy! Here just a list of what you can and can’t eat.

Some examples of foods that are okay on MP:

Meats and Seafood

• beef / veal
• chicken / turkey / quali / spatchcock
• pork / bacon
• lamb / mutton
• kangaroo / venison / goat / rabbit
• offal (kidney / liver / heart) [probably not brain as it is too fatty]
• prawns / crab / lobster
• oysters / mussels / calamari / scallops
• all fresh fish
• canned fish

Salads and vegetables

• lettuce / spinach / kale / silver beet / cabbage / chinese veg
• sprouts (bean / alfalfa / mustard)
• broccoli
• zucchini / squash / eggplant
• bamboo shoots / water chestnuts
• celery / fennel
• snow peas / green beans
• onions / leeks / spring onions
• mushrooms
• fresh beetroot (many canned beetroots contain sugar)
• fresh tomatoes (check labels for sugar on cans)
• avocado
• okra
• ……… many more but check their sugar / carb componenent. A great site is https://nutritiondata.self.com and a good clue is to put in an “acceptable” vegetable then compare its components with that of the one you are checking.

AVOID:

• potato / sweet potato-yam / taro / carrots / corn / peas / pumpkin …

Fruit

• oranges
• apples
• grapefruit
• strawberries / blueberries / raspberries / blackberries / mulberries
• peaches / plums / nectarines / fresh apricots
• pears
• pawpaw / papaya
• persimmons
• watermelon / honeydew / rock melon
• rhubarb
• pineapple
• kiwi fruit

AVOID:

• bananas / passion fuit / pomegranate / mandarine / tangerine / mango seems borderline…

Eggs and Dairy

• eggs
• natural yoghurt (fruit and flavoured yoghurts might contain sugar – check label)
• cottage cheese / ricotta / quark
• milk (watch sugar content-lactose / cream / buttermilk / butter
• soft cheese (avoid processed)
• hard cheese (small quantity seems ok)

Nuts and Seeds

• macadamia
• almonds
• pecans
• brazil nuts
• pine nuts
• steamed cashews (not roasted)
• sesame
• sunflower
• pepitas (pumpkin seeds)
• linseeds
• chia seeds

AVOID:

• peanuts and peanut butter

Drinks

• teas (black / green / white / red / herbal / chinese)
• coffee
• coconut water (check label for any added sugar)
• WATER water water water water ….. :o)