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Table 2.

Modifications made to Wahls™ menus [13] to comply with Wahls Elimination guidelines.

Modifications
All grains, pseudo grains (i.e., quinoa), and legumes were removed and not replaced Nightshade vegetables tomato, eggplant, white potato and sweet peppers were replaced with equivalent amounts of mango, zucchini, sweet potato, and carrots, respectively. Recipes containing nightshades or other diet non-compliant foods as a major ingredient were replaced with a similar recipe that did not contain the excluded foods. Non-dairy yogurt was removed and not replaced because most commercial products do not meet diet guidelines for added sugar or may contain other ingredients not allowed on the diet. Commercial nut milks were replaced with homemade unsweetened almond milk. Soy milk was replaced with lite (e.g., reduced fat) canned coconut milk when it was a smoothie ingredient and with homemade unsweetened almond milk when it was consumed as a beverage. Six ounces (170 g) ¹ of cooked liver was added to the seven-day menus. One serving of fermented food (sauerkraut, carrots, beets or kombucha tea) was added daily. Chicken skin was assumed to be eaten. Skillet recipes were individually designed with different spices, liquids, meats and vegetables based on recipes used for the Wahls™ diet calculations; protein sources were assumed to be weighed before cooking, with refuse (i.e., the inedible portion such as bone if one was present in the cut of meat), and no visible fat eaten except for poultry skin.

Modifications

All grains, pseudo grains (i.e., quinoa), and legumes were removed and not replaced
Nightshade vegetables tomato, eggplant, white potato and sweet peppers were replaced with equivalent amounts of mango, zucchini, sweet potato, and carrots, respectively.
Recipes containing nightshades or other diet non-compliant foods as a major ingredient were replaced with a similar recipe that did not contain the excluded foods.
Non-dairy yogurt was removed and not replaced because most commercial products do not meet diet guidelines for added sugar or may contain other ingredients not allowed on the diet.
Commercial nut milks were replaced with homemade unsweetened almond milk.
Soy milk was replaced with lite (e.g., reduced fat) canned coconut milk when it was a smoothie ingredient and with homemade unsweetened almond milk when it was consumed as a beverage.
Six ounces (170 g) ¹ of cooked liver was added to the seven-day menus.
One serving of fermented food (sauerkraut, carrots, beets or kombucha tea) was added daily.
Chicken skin was assumed to be eaten.
Skillet recipes were individually designed with different spices, liquids, meats and vegetables based on recipes used for the Wahls™ diet calculations; protein sources were assumed to be weighed before cooking, with refuse (i.e., the inedible portion such as bone if one was present in the cut of meat), and no visible fat eaten except for poultry skin.

¹ Organ meat is encouraged but not required. The menus included half the amount encouraged (12 ounces (340 g)/week; Table 1) to avoid overstating the amount of liver individuals might typically consume.