No Sweets Diet

Food Groups

Foods Allowed

Foods Restricted

MILK
(2 or more servings)

Whole, skim, buttermilk, or low fat milk, unsweetened yogurt

Chocolate milk, milk shakes, sweetened eggnog, fruit yogurt (sugar added to fruit)

VEGETABLE
(2 or more servings)

All except “restricted”

Glazed or candied vegetables

FRUIT
(2 or more servings)

All fresh or unsweetened canned fruits or juices

Fruits or juices with added sugar

BREAD/CEREAL/STARCH
(4 servings or more)

Unsweetened bread and crackers. Choose cereal that has 5 grams or less of “sucrose and other sugars”; potato, rice, noodles, macaroni, spaghetti

Sweet rolls, sweet or iced bread and donuts, sugar coated cereals, candied sweet potatoes

MEAT
(5 oz or more)

All meat, fish, fowl, eggs, peanut butter, cottage cheese, processed cheese

Glazed meat, cottage cheese with fruit

FAT
(4 servings or more)

Butter, margarine, vegetable oils, shortening, salad dressings

Imitation mayonnaise (read labels),nut mixes (read labels)

SOUP
(as desired)

All made with foods allowed

None

DESSERT

Unsweetened gelatin, pudding and custard, sweets only 3 times a week include: ice cream, angel food cake, plain cookies, plain donuts

Sweets more than 3 servings per week.  Cakes with icing, pastries, pie sweetened custards, puddings and gelatins.

BEVERAGE
(as desired)

Coffee, tea, artificially sweetened beverages

Regular carbonated beverages, prepared drink mixes with sugar added.

SEASONING/MISCELLANEOUS
(as desired)

Salt, pepper, spices, herbs, sour dill pickles, artificially sweetened jelly and syrup, sugar substitutes.

Sugar, candy, honey, jam, jelly, syrup, sweet pickles, relishes, ketchup, molasses, barbecue sauce, chewing gum, corn syrup, corn sweeteners, brown sugar, instant breakfast mixes, spaghetti sauce, tartar sauce, teriyaki sauce, tomato sauce, worcestershire sauce.  On labels, avoid foods that contain dextrose, fructose, modified food starch, natural sweeteners, and sucrose.