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. 2018 Sep 21;10(2):e213. doi: 10.5210/ojphi.v10i2.9306

Table 3. – Diet and Nutrition Advice of popular Facebook Pages / Websites.

Page Vegetables Fruit Legumes Grains Lean Meat, poultry, fish, eggs Dairy/Alternative Fats Sugar Salt
Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation (12WBT) Eat all vegetables. Choose non-starchy vegetables. 5 serves a day. Eat fruit. Choose seasonal, variety. Avoid dried fruit and juice Eat legumes Eat wholemeal or whole grain. Eat meat, poultry, fish, eggs. Eat lean, grilled. 1 serve a day. Eat dairy or alternatives. Choose low-fat option. Two serves a day Limit butter/margarine
Use unsaturated fat options.
Avoid deep-frying
Eliminate soft drinks. Eliminate salt. Chose low-sodium foods
Jamie Oliver Eat vegetables. Choose variety of colours, seasonal, organic. Eat fruit. Choose variety of colours, seasonal, organic. Eat beans. Regularly. Eat wholemeal or whole grain. Chose complex carbohydrates. Eat. Quality over quantity. Choose organic, free-range or higher-welfare, responsibly sourced. Eat dairy. Choose low fat, reduced saturated fat and reduced sugar. Choose organic. Eat unsaturated fat. Coconut oil (saturated fat) may be exception. Avoid added sugar. Reduce salt.
Chef Pete Evans (Pete Evans) Eat vegetables. Choose fibrous (non-starchy) vegetables and greens. Choose cultured and fermented vegetables. Limit fruit avoid legumes avoid grains Eat meat, poultry, fish and eggs. Choose grass-fed meat, pastured and free-range poultry and eggs, wild caught fish avoid dairy eliminate vegetable oils.
Use olive or nut oil unheated.
use natural fats such as duck fat, tallow, pastured lard.
use coconut oil.
Eliminate refined sugar. Choose Himalayan and Celtic Sea salt
I Quit Sugar (IQS) Eat vegetables. Choose variety of colours. Plenty. Maximise green vegetables. Limit fruit.
Avoid dried fruit and juice
Avoid legumes. If eaten then soak / activate. limit carbohydrates. Choose Gluten-free. Use fermented, sprouted, wholegrain. Eat meat, poultry, eggs and fish. Choose sustainable, organic, grass-fed, grain-fed (organic grain), free range Eat full fat dairy. Eliminate low-fat products. Eat saturated fats.
Avoid polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Avoid omega 3 supplements. Get Omegas from food sources.
Eliminate transfats.
eliminate fructose. eat glucose, maltose and lactose in moderation. Eliminate refined table-salt. Choose pink salt, whole food sources of salt.
The Healthy Mummy (Healthy Mummy) Eat vegetables Eat fruit Eat legumes and beans. Use dried or canned varieties. Eat wholegrains. Try quinoa a gluten-free grain. Eat. Choose less calorie, lean, low-fat, high protein like turkey. Avoid high sugar dairy. Eat saturated fats, eat coconut oil
Avoid processed fats
Eliminate soft drinks reduced salt or no salt
Super Healthy Kids (SHK) Eat a variety of fresh, frozen, canned, dried, raw or cooked vegetables Eat fresh, frozen, canned. Limit fruit juice. or dried fruit. Eat legumes Eat wholegrain Eat organic or hormone free Eat low fat/fat free dairy Avoid trans fat Salt – not too much
Quirky Cooking Eat vegetables. Eat organic. Eat fruits. Avoid fruits affected by pesticides. Eat organic. Eat Legumes. Soaked. Eat grain free and/or gluten free/ low gluten
Pesticide free, soaked, sprouted, fermented grains
Eat grass fed, free-range, organic meat Avoid dairy, except for butter/ghee Eat saturated fats. avoid polyunsaturated vegetable oils. choose macadamia oil, tallow, duck fat, or ghee. Chose fats with high smoke point. Avoid refined sugar. Replace with more natural sugars. Choose Himalayan or Celtic Salt
Weight Watchers AUSNZ (Weight Watchers) Eat vegetables. choose variety and in season Eat fruit. Variety and In Season Eat pulses as a meat replacement Eat wholegrains Eat lean meats Eat low fat dairy Eat vegetable, nut and seed oils limit sugar limit sugar
Rebel Dietitian Eat a variety of vegetables Eat a variety of fruit.
Naturally dried fruit is ok
eat legumes. Minimally processed. Soaked. Eat wholegrains
Recommend soaking.
Avoid processed grains
limit meat and processed meat. If eaten, choose organic. Avoid fish and shell-fish products - toxic contaminants. Limit dairy avoid animal sources of saturated fat. use unrefined and cold-pressed oils at room temperature
Sparingly use. saturated plant-based fat for cooking
avoid added sugars, avoid processed sugars Iodised salt

Note: Italicised text indicate non-evidence-based advice or those that deviate from AGHE.