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. 2019 Mar 1;11(3):537. doi: 10.3390/nu11030537

Table 3.

Mean food group servings of 1776 kcal (7431 kJ) seven-day modified Paleolithic Wahls Elimination menus.

Food Group Mean Servings Food Group Mean Servings
Fruits and Vegetables, Total (cup equivalents 1) 10.3 Meat/Fish/Eggs/Nuts/Seeds, Total (servings 4) 10.1
Fruits, Total (cups 1) 3.9  Beef/Pork/Lamb 2.5
  Juice 0.1  Poultry 1.3
  Whole Fruit 3.9  Fish and Shellfish 2.8
Vegetables, Total (cup equivalents 1) 6.4  Cold Cuts and Sausage 0.4
  Dark-green Vegetables 3.3  Organ Meats 0.9
  Deep-yellow Vegetables 1.1  Eggs 0.0
  Tomato 0.0  Nuts and Seeds including Butters 2.2
  White Potatoes 0.0 Dairy and Nondairy, Total (cup equivalents) 0.8
  Other Starchy Vegetables 0.0  Milk, dairy, low fat and fat free 0.0
  Other Vegetables 1.9  Yogurt, dairy, fat free 0.0
Grains, Total (servings 2) 0.0  Milk, non-dairy 5 0.8
 Whole Grain 0.0 Fats, Total (servings 6) 5.2
 Some Whole Grain 0.0  Oil 4.8
 Refined Grain 0.0  Butter and Other Animal Fats 0.4
Sweets, Total (servings 3) 0.4  Salad Dressing 0.0

1 Serving = 2 cups raw green leafy (~30–140 g), 1 cup raw or cooked fruit/vegetable/juice (~35–255 g), ½ cup (~20–90 g) dried fruit; 2 Serving = 1 slice bread, ½ cup cooked pasta (70 g), rice (79 g); 3 Serving = 4 g sugar, ¼ cup (79 g) syrup, 1 tablespoon (20 g) jam; 4 Serving = 1 ounce (28 g) cooked meat/fish/poultry, 1 large whole egg, 2 large egg whites, 1 tablespoon (16 g) peanut butter, ½ ounce (14 g) nuts/seeds; 5 Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR) software counts coconut milk as non-dairy, however, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) does not consider it as a dairy serving because it is lower in protein and calcium than cow’s milk; 6 Serving = 1 teaspoon (5 g) oil/butter, 15 g mayonnaise.