Recommended Food Lists for Fruit

Original Eating involves limiting the amount of carbohydrate in one’s diet to levels that the body can manage easily. Carbohydrate is a bulky, and highly reactive energy source. It requires insulin for storage. Insulin is a very powerful storage hormone, and when produced in large amounts may lead to diseases as explained by Prof Noakes. Different people may have different carbohydrate tolerance.

Using the lists

Foods are listed from the smallest carbohydrate content to the highest.

As a general rule, when limiting carbohydrate intake, it may be preferable to use more foods from the start of the list, and fewer from the end – although taking in a variety of foods is recommended.

The fourth column and fifth column list Energy and Carbohydrates per 100g of product.

The last column lists the portion size for 5 grams of carbohydrate.

Example

Sam wants to follow a diet containing 60g of carbohydrate per day.

That is the same as saying that Sam may eat 12 x 5g of carbohydrate per day.

So Sam may therefore choose 12 of any of the food portions listed in the last column.

Important Note

It is also necessary to balance the diet for Energy, protein and fat intake.

Just limiting the carbohydrates may have health benefits, but may not give weight loss and other benefits if the diet is not correctly balanced.