(Fridge sign designed by Barbara)
Eat to Live 6-Week Plan
From the book Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss by Dr. Joel Fuhrman
UNLIMITED (eat as much as you want):
- all raw vegetables, including raw carrots (goal: 1 lb. daily)
- cooked green vegetables (goal 1 lb. daily)
- beans, legumes, bean sprouts, or *tofu (minimum 1 cup daily in total of these)
- fresh fruit (at least 4 daily).
- eggplant, mushrooms, peppers, onions, tomato and other non-starchy vegetables, cooked and raw (unlimited)
*Beans should be eaten daily; tofu should be eaten less frequently.
LIMITED (not more than one serving):
- cooked starchy vegetables OR whole grains–Maximum 1 cup per day (butternut or acorn squash, corn, sweet potato, brown rice, cooked carrots, whole grain breads*, whole grain cereals*)
- raw nuts and seeds (1 oz. or 28.5 grams a day) or 2 ounces avocado
- ground flaxseed (1 tablespoon a day)
- soymilk, low-sugar preferred–Maximum 1 cup a day
*avoid breads and cereals as much as possible
OFF-LIMITS:
- dairy products
- animal products
- between meal snacks
- fruit juice, dried fruits
- salt, sugar
NUTS and RAW SEEDS, but not ground flax, are optional for obese or overweight persons while they follow this weight loss plan. People who have difficulty losing weight may also eliminate the starchy vegetable/grain.
- Recipes suitable for the Eat to Live program can be found throughout this website, in the Eat to Live tag section, and on the Blog.
- For more information, check out the ETL section of the FAQS page.
- For a graphic representation of the ETL program, see this page.
- Not sure whether a vegetable is starchy or unlimited? Check out this list!
- For more support, sign up for membership to Dr. Fuhrman’s Member Center
- But, to really understand it all, you must read the book!
July 15th, 2013 at 10:47 am
Hi Sandra!
Thank you very much for letting me know. I had blood tests done too and results were normal (but the tests were much simpler than yours, I have just googled DHEA, because I didn’t know what it was). How is your hair doing? I hope you are lossing less. I am still lossing masses of it, is a wonder I have any left, but my doctor told me she couldn’t see an organic reason for the hair loss and asked me if I was stressed (mind you, she doesn’t know about the change in the diet and I haven’t loss that much weight so she didn’t notice). I am eating more cereals and nuts now (and not lossing any weight) and trying to relax to see if that helps. And this week, when my hairdresser opens up again after he hols, I am going to have my hair cut very short, maybe it will get stronger thay way (and I won’t see long hairs everywhere).
I will let you know if I find anything that helps.
Take care you too and thank you!
Arantxa 🙂