Acceptable foods for the Atkins Diet.Foods you may eat liberally.
All fish including : tuna, salmon, sole, trout, flounder, sardines, herring.
All fowl including : chicken, turkey, duck, goose, poussin, quail, pheasant.
All shellfish including : oysters, mussels, lobster, clams, squid, prawns, crabmeat.
All meat including : beef, pork, lamb, bacon, veal, ham, venison.
All eggs including : scrambled, fried, poached, soft boiled, hard boiled, deviled, omelettes processed meats such as ham, bacon, pepperoni, salami, hotdogs and other luncheon meats and some fish may be cured with added sugar and will contribute carbs.
Try to avoid meat and fish products cured with nitrates, which are known carcinogens. Also beware of products that are not exclusively meat, fish or fowl, such as imitation fish, meatloaf and breaded foods.Finally do not consume more than four ounces of offal a day.
Other foods acceptable during induction.
Cheese.
You can consume 90 . 110 g (3 . 4 oz) daily of the following full fat, firm and semi soft aged cheeses including:
chedder, cow, sheep and goat cheese, cream cheese, gouda, mozzerella, roquefort, swiss.
Salad vegetables.
You can have 230 . 340 g (8 . 12 oz) per day.
Alfa sprouts, bok choy, celery, chicory, chives, cucumber, daikon, fennel, lamb's lettuce, lettuce, mushrooms, parsley, peppers, radicchio, radishes, rocket, romaine lettuce, sorrel.
These salad veggies are high in phytonutrients and provide a good source of fibre.
All cheeses have some carb content, the quantity you eat should be governed by that knowledge, the rule of thumb is to count 30g of cheese as equivalent to one gram of carb. Note that cottage cheese and other fresh cheeses are not permitted during induction.No diet cheese, cheese speads or whey cheeses are permitted. Individuals with known yeast symptons, dairy allergy or cheese intolerance must avoid cheese. Imitation cheese products are not allowed.Except for soy or rice cheese . But check the carb content.
