Phase II Food List - revised May 2008

  • Phase 2 Foods
    You can enjoy all of the foods allowed in Phase 1 as well as those listed below.

    Foods you can reintroduce to your diet

    BEEF
    All hot dogs (beef, pork, poultry, soy) can be enjoyed occasionally (once/week) if they are at least 97% fat free (contain 3-6 grams of fat/serving).

    FRUIT (Start with one daily serving, gradually increasing to up to 3 total servings daily)
    Apples - 1 small or 5 dried rings
    Apricots - 4 fresh or 7 dried
    Banana, medium-sized (4 oz.)
    Blackberries 3/4 cup
    Blueberries 3/4 cup
    Boysenberries 3/4 cup
    Cactus Pear Fruit (Prickly Pear) 1
    Cantaloupe - 1/4, or 1 cup diced
    Cherries - 12
    Clementine 1
    Cranberries 3/4 cup
    Elderberries 3/4 cup
    Gooseberries 3/4 cup
    Grapefruit - 1/2
    Grapes - 15
    Honeydew 1/8 melon or 1 cup diced
    Kiwi - 1
    loganberries 3/4 cup
    mandarin oranges 2
    Mangoes - 1/2 medium (4 oz.)
    mulberries 3/4 cup
    nectarine 1 small
    Oranges - 1 medium
    Papaya - 1 small (4 oz.)
    Peaches - 1 medium
    Pears - 1 medium
    Plums - 2
    Pomegranate seeds from 1 medium pomegranate
    Pomelo 1/2
    Prunes - 4
    Raspberries 3/4 cup
    Strawberries 3/4 cup
    Tangelo 1 small
    Tangerines 2

    VEGETABLES
    Carrots 1/2 cup
    Peas-green 1/2 cup

    DAIRY
    (2-3 cups allowed daily, including yogurt)
    Yogurt - artificially sweetened non-fat flavored yogurt (limit to 4 ounces daily and avoid varieties that contain high fructose corn syrup)

    WHOLE GRAINS AND STARCHY VEGETABLES
    (Start with one daily serving, gradually increase to up to 3 or four total servings daily.) Unless otherwise stated, choose whole grain products that have 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce.

    Bagels, small, whole grain - 1/2, or 1 oz.
    Barley - 1/2 cup cooked
    Bread 1 oz.
    - homemade breads using whole grains (buckwheat, whole wheat, spelt, whole oats, bran, rye)
    - multigrain
    - oat and bran
    - rye
    - sprouted grain
    - whole wheat
    Buckwheat 1/2 cooked
    Calabaza (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving) 3/4 cup
    Cassava (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving) 1/4 cup
    Cereal (for a list of SBD-friendly hot and cold cereal suggestions from our members, check out this post)
    Cold: choose ones with 6g or more fiber and 8g or less sugar
    Hot: serving sizes vary check the label for recommended amount. Choose whole grain and slow-cooking varieties (no instant types) with at least 3g fiber and no more than 2g sugar.
    Couscous, whole-wheat or Israeli - 1/2 cup cooked
    Crackers, whole grain with 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce and no trans fats
    English muffins, whole grain - 1/2, or 1 oz.
    (most contain 2.5 grams of fiber per half a muffin—varieties varieties with 3 grams of fiber are the best choice.)
    Farro 1/2 cup cooked
    Green Peas - 1/2 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
    Flour: soy spelt, whole wheat or whole wheat pastry flour
    Muffins, bran - 1 small, homemade sugar-free (no raisins)
    Pasta
    Whole wheat is best choice - 1/2 cup cooked (3 grams of fiber or more per 1/2 cup)
    Soy is second best choice - 1/2 cup cooked (3 grams of fiber or more per 1/2 cup)
    Phyllo dough and shells whole wheat 2 sheets or 4 mini shells
    Pita - 1/2, or 1 oz.
    - stone-ground
    - whole wheat
    - (most contain 2.5 grams of fiber—varieties with 3 grams of fiber are the best choice.)
    Popcorn, 3 cups popped
    - Air popped
    - Microwave, plain, no trans fats
    - Cooked stove-top with canola oil
    Potato, sweet, small (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
    Pumpkin (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
    Quinoa, 1/2 cup cooked
    Rice - 1/2 cup cooked
    - basmati
    - brown regular converted or parboiled
    - wild
    Rice noodles 1/2 cup cooked
    Soba noodles 3/4 cup cooked
    Taro 1/3 cup (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
    Tortillas, 100% whole grain, 3 grams of fiber or more per ounce, no trans fats
    Winter squash (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)
    Yams, small (considered a starchy vegetable; count as a starch/grain serving)


    OCCASIONAL TREATS
    Chocolate (sparingly)
    - bittersweet
    - semisweet
    pudding, fat free, sugar free (one serving per day permitted)


    BEVERAGES
    Wine red or white (1 - 2 4 oz. glass(es) daily with or after meals)
    LIGHT BEER 1 on occasion (12 oz)
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