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Page 3 of 8 South Beach Diet Food List During Phase 1, the foods eaten will be in controlled portions to include chicken, beef, turkey, fish, and shellfish. These types of foods along with vegetables, eggs, cheese, nuts, and salads can also be eaten, although all of it will be in controlled portions. Refer to the following list to see the types of foods that are acceptable in phase 1, 2, and 3. Remember that bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, baked goods, fruit, candy, cake, cookies, ice cream, or sugar will be slowly added back into your diet in Phase 2.
Foods to Enjoy | Boiled Ham | Canadian Bacon | Canola Oil | Chicken Breasts (skinless) | Cheese (fat-free or low-fat - American, Cheddar, cottage, cream substitute, feta) | | Cornish Game Hen | Eggs (whole) | Fish (all types) | Green Vegetables | Lunchmeat (lean) | | Peanut Butter | Peanuts | Pecans | Pistachio Nuts | Olive Oil | | Seasoning/Spices (broth, butter sprays, pepper, anything containing no sugar) | Shellfish | Sirloin | Sweets * (chocolate powder, cocoa powder (baking type), hard candy, sugar substitute (sugar-free) | Tenderloin | | Tofu | Turkey Bacon | Veal | Vegetables (artichokes, asparagus, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, cucumbers, eggplant, legumes, lettuce, mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes, zucchini) | | * No more than 75 calories per day Foods to Avoid | Alcohol * | Baked Goods ** | Beef (brisket, liver, rib steaks, fatty cuts) | Bread ** | Breast of Veal | | Cereal (all kinds) ** | Cheese (full fat, brie, edam) | Crackers ** | Fruit | Fruit Juice | | Honey-Baked Ham | Ice Cream | Matzo ** | Milk (whole, low-fat) | Oatmeal ** | | Pasta ** | Pastries ** | Poultry (chicken wings, legs, thighs, wings, duck, goose, poultry products) | Soy | Vegetables (barley, beets, black-eyed peas, carrots, corn, pinto beans, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, yams) | | Yogurt | | | | | * Includes beer, hard alcohol, wine (wine will be introduced in Phase 2 in moderation)
** Includes all starchy foods
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