From Laura Dolson,
Your Guide to Low Carb Diets.
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These are lists of foods that are forbidden, recommended, or “to be eaten in moderation”.

Foods Forbidden on the Sugar Busters Diet

• White bread (includes any bread with white flour in it)
• Pasta, unless whole grain
• White rice
• White flour, and products made with it such as cake, cookies, crackers, pretzels, doughnuts, bagels, and muffins
• Potatoes and potato chips
• Corn and corn chips
• Sugar and products with added sugar, e.g. canned fruits in syrup
• Jams and jellies containing added sugars
• Ripe bananas (green OK)
• Raisins
• Pineapple
• Beets
• Parsnips
• Honey
• Syrups
• Salad dressings and sauces with added sugar, such as Teriyaki sauce
• Fruit drinks containing added sugar
• Sugar-sweetened soft drinks
• Sugar-cured meats (e.g. ham is often cured with salt and sugar)
• Beer

Recommended Carbohydrate Foods on Sugar Busters

• All other vegetables and fruits (see low carb fruit and vegetable lists.)
• Whole grains, such as brown rice and oatmeal
• Whole grain flour
• Products made with 100% whole grain flour (note that “wheat flour” is NOT whole grain – it has to say WHOLE wheat), as long as they have no added sugars
• Beans
• Sweet potatoes

Other Recommended Foods

• Lean meats (remove skin from poultry, trim lean cuts of beef, pork, and lamb) Nothing sugar-cured. (Low saturated fat meat list)
• Fish and seafood (not breaded)
• Eggs
• Nuts and nut butters
• Flax Seeds
• Olive and canola oils
• Low fat milk and other dairy products (low fat sour cream, yogurt, etc, with no added sugar)
• Mayonnaise and other sauces and dressings with no added sugar
• Artificial sweeteners OK

Foods to Eat in Moderation

• Fruit juices with no added sugar
• Artificially sweetened colas (clear sodas are better)
• Chocolate (at least 60% cacao)
• Pure fruit jams and jellies without added sugar
• Carrots
• Butter, cream and regular cheese
• Beverages with caffeine
• Small portions of sugar-free ice cream, “if you have eaten a low glycemic meal that does not contain red meat”