Supp. Table 2. Traffic light diet reference chart supplied to participants† Ultra-green Green: Eat Every Day! Orange: Use Sparingly, If At All Red: Set Aside, Do Not Use These are the most nutrient Vegetables Salt Poultry, Fish, Meat, Eggs dense and low energy foods Fruit Sugar and other sweeteners Dairy Products available Whole Grains Processed flour Oils Spinach Sauces and seasonings Tempeh and Tofu Silverbeet (without added oil) Soy Milk, Almond Milk, Oat Strongly limit due to fat Kale Milk (without added oils) content: Bok Choy Caffeine and alcohol Nuts and Seeds, Tahini Broccoli Avocado and Coconut, Beetroot greens Coconut Milk Watercress Herbs and spices †Tempeh and Tofu were chosen as orange category foods due to their high fat content. Nuts and seeds were chosen as red category foods mainly due to high fat content. Participants were advised up to 2 tablespoons daily of Flaxseeds or Chia seeds can be consumed, if desired.
Supp. Table 2. Traffic light diet reference chart supplied to participants† Ultra-green Green: Eat Every Day! Orange: Use Sparingly, If At All Red: Set Aside, Do Not Use These are the most nutrient dense and low energy foods available Spinach Silverbeet Kale Bok Choy Broccoli Beetroot greens Watercress Herbs and spices Vegetables Fruit Whole Grains Sauces and seasonings (without added oil) Salt Sugar and other sweeteners Processed flour Tempeh and Tofu Soy Milk, Almond Milk, Oat Milk (without added oils) Caffeine and alcohol Poultry, Fish, Meat, Eggs Dairy Products Oils Strongly limit due to fat content: Nuts and Seeds, Tahini Avocado and Coconut, Coconut Milk †Tempeh and Tofu were chosen as orange category foods due to their high fat content. Nuts and seeds were chosen as red category foods mainly due to high fat content. Participants were advised up to 2 tablespoons daily of Flaxseeds or Chia seeds can be consumed, if desired.