Detoxification

Quick-cleanse shopping guide

Here is a comprehensive list of foods you can purchase in advance as you get ready to begin your Quick-Cleanse. It’s a wonderful idea to stock up in advance so you’ll be free from having to shop while you’re on the plan, and you can also prepare servings in advance and freeze them so they’re ready when you’re hungry. But we also want to remind you that fresh foods are vital foods, so you may want to stop in at the market, especially for fresh fruits and vegetables, as you continue on your two-week cleansing program.

Remember, with an elimination diet you can start at one end of the spectrum or the other, excluding one level of foods at a time, becoming more or less restrictive as you progress. The following is a comprehensive shopping list: you may be eliminating some of the foods listed below at the outset of your program, or you may be removing them as you go along. For full details on how to proceed from one level to the next, read our step-by-step Quick-Cleanse instructions.

	Whole grains			Lean protein
•	Brown rice		•	Beef, grass-fed organic (2 lb, uncooked)
•	Buckwheat		•	Chicken breast, organic (4 lb uncooked)
•	Millet		•	Egg whites (1-½–2 dozen)
•	Oats		•	Duck
•	Teff		•	Turkey breast (4 lb, uncooked)
•	Amaranth (not a true grain)		•	Wild game
•	Quinoa (not a true grain)
	Breads and baking			Fish
•	Arrowroot/kudzu powder		•	Cod
•	Baking soda		•	Mackerel
•	Gluten-free breads		•	Sardines
•	Mochi		•	Tilapia (farm-raised, organic)
•	Rice bran		•	Trout (farm-raised, organic)
•	Rice flour pancake mix		•	Tuna (canned, no-sodium, water-packed)
•	Tapioca		•	Note: Fresh, wild cold-water ocean fish (tuna, salmon) are okay in moderation
•	Flours: amaranth, brown rice, garbanzo bean, millet, potato, quinoa, tapioca, teff
	Vegetables and greens
•	Artichoke		•	Leeks
•	Asparagus		•	Kale
•	Avocado		•	Kohlrabi
•	Bamboo shoots		•	Mushrooms
•	Beets and beet greens		•	Okra
•	Bok choy		•	Onions
•	Broccoli		•	Parsley
•	Brussels sprouts		•	Peas
•	Cabbage		•	Potato
•	Carrots		•	Radishes
•	Cauliflower		•	Salad greens: lettuce, arugula, escarole, radicchio, mesclun, etc.
•	Celery and celeriac		•	Shallots
•	Chives		•	Snow peas
•	Cucumber		•	Spinach
•	Endive		•	Squash – summer/winter
•	Fennel		•	Sweet potato/yams
•	Garlic		•	Swiss chard
•	Green beans		•	Watercress
•	Green onions/scallions		•	Zucchini
	Beans			Nuts and seeds
•	All beans except soy		•	All nuts and seeds except peanut and macadamia
•	Lentils		•	Nut and seed butters and spreads (e.g., tahini, almond butter)
•	Lima beans
•	Split peas
•	Hummus
	Fruits (fresh, raw, juiced, frozen...)
•	Apples		•	Mango
•	Apricots		•	Melons
•	Bananas		•	Nectarines
•	Berries		•	Papaya
•	Carambola (starfruit)		•	Passionfruit
•	Cherries		•	Peaches
•	Coconut		•	Pears
•	Grapes		•	Pineapple
•	Kiwifruit		•	Plums and plumcots
•	Lemons		•	Pomegranates
•	Limes		•	Prunes
	Herbs/spices
•	Allspice		•	Garlic powder
•	Anise seed		•	Ginger
•	Basil		•	Lovage
•	Bay leaves		•	Marjoram
•	Black pepper		•	Mustard powder
•	Cardamom		•	Nutmeg
•	Cilantro		•	Oregano
•	Cinnamon		•	Paprika
•	Cloves		•	Rosemary
•	Cumin		•	Sage
•	Curry powder		•	Sea salt
•	Dill		•	Tarragon
•	Fennel seed		•	Thyme
•	Fenugreek		•	Turmeric
•	Garam masala
	Oils			Vinegars
•	Almond oil		•	Rice vinegar
•	Avocado oil		•	Apple cider vinegar
•	Canola oil		•	Balsamic vinegar
•	Coconut oil		•	Tarragon vinegar
•	Flax seed oil		•	Umeboshi plum vinegar
•	Grape seed oil
•	Olive oil (virgin cold-pressed)			Sweeteners
•	Pumpkin oil		•	Blackstrap molasses
•	Safflower oil		•	Brown rice ("yinnie” ) syrup
•	Sesame oil		•	Agave nectar
•	Sunflower oil		•	Fruit sweetener
•	Walnut oil		•	Stevia
	Pantry items			Beverages
•	Broth, organic chicken or vegetarian		•	Fruit juices (fresh, unsweetened, preferably diluted)
•	Crackers from whole grains listed above		•	Teas, herbal
•	Mustard, prepared from cider vinegar, preservative-free		•	Teas, green/black/red/white, decaffeinated
•	Noodles and pasta from whole grains listed above (soba, rice)		•	Vegetable juices, pure unsweetened
•	Nutritional yeast		•	Water, filtered
•	Puffed cereals from whole grains listed above		•	Water, mineral, fizzy or still
•	Seaweed, dried

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Original Publication Date: 08/31/2006
Last Modified: 02/16/2010
Principal Author: Marcelle Pick, OB/GYN NP