What Should I Buy?


Now you know what foods to eliminate from your home and diet, please use the next few days to stock up on some healthier alternatives. Replace the foods you’ve discarded with your favorite low carb no sugar added* options.

If you have questions about specific foods, jot them down and bring them to your next visit.

Almond / coconut flour

Butter and ghee (grass fed)

Canned fish in olive oil Cheese (all kinds)

Chicken/poultry* (all kinds)

Cream cheese Crème fraiche Eggs

Fresh, frozen or canned non-starchy vegetables*

Full-fat cottage cheese

Full-fat plain Greek- style yogurt*

Half & half / heavy cream

Herbs, seasonings & spices* Lemons / limes

Meat* (all kinds)

Non-sweetened beverages (coffee, black or herbal tea, seltzer, unsweetened cocoa, etc)

Nuts (no sugar added)

Nut and seed butters* (peanut, almond, etc)

Oils (avocado, olive, coconut, canola, high oleic safflower, sesame)

Olives / capers / artichoke hearts

Salad dressings* Salsa*

Salty broth (chicken, beef, miso, bone, or vegetable)

Sauces & condiments* (mustard, soy sauce and sauerkraut, etc)

Seafood and shellfish (all kinds)

Seeds (chia, flax, pumpkin, etc)

Sour cream

Sweeteners (optional, see list on page 14)

Tomato sauce*

Tofu / tempeh / seitan

Unsweetened soy, almond, hemp or coconut milk (not rice or oat milk)

Vanilla or other extract*