Eat to Live 6-Week Plan

From the book Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss ^[1] 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 ^[2], and on the Blog ^[3].
• For more information, check out the ETL section of the FAQS page ^[4].
• For a graphic representation of the ETL program, see this page ^[5].
• For more support, sign up for membership to Dr. Fuhrman’s website ^[6].
• But, to really understand it all, you must read the book ^[1]!

Interested in sharing ideas with other Eat-to-Livers? Join us on the Eat-2-Live email list ^[7]!