Jan de Vries Diet

Jan de Vries - World Renowned Naturopath

Jan de Vries weight reduction diet

You�ll never go hungry with this diet but you will probably change what and when you eat. Don�t worry about counting calories � if you stick to the recommended list and WEIGH your food you should be able to join the many successful slimmers who have found this healthy diet so effective not only in helping them lose weight but in feeling and looking good.

Allowances
Daily:

Milk (fresh) 284ml / � pint or Marvel 568ml / 1 pint
Wholewheat bread � 75g / 3 oz.
Meat � 100g / 4 oz. or Fish � 150g / 6 oz.
Fruit � three portions

Weekly:

Butter or margarine � 100g / � lb.
Cheese � 200g / � lb.
Eggs � seven (optional)

Exchanges for 25g/1oz bread

Potato � one medium
Crispbread, crackers, water biscuits � two
Breakfast cereal � 25g / 1 oz., any sort except sugar-coated
Cooked rice � two dessertspoons
Plain biscuits or oatcakes � two

Variety is the spice of life- choose your allowances from these foods

Meats:
(100g / 4 oz. daily, cooked any way except fried)

Beef, chicken, corned beef, duck, kidney, lamb, liver, mutton, rabbit, sweetbread, tongue, tripe, turkey, veal

Fish:
(150g / 6 oz. daily, cooked any way except fried)

Cod, crab, haddock, halibut, hake, herring, kippers, lobster, ling, mackerel, mussels, oysters, pilchards, prawns, salmon, sardines, shrimps, trout, tuna

Eggs:
(Seven per week)

Poached, boiled, scrambled, omelette

Cheese:
(25g / 1 oz. daily)

Caerphilly, Camembert, Cheddar, Cheshire, cottage (100g / 4 oz.), Danish Blue, Edam, Gruy�re, Leicester, Parmesan, Roquefort, Stilton, Wensleydale, smoked Austrian

Vegetables:
(Unlimited)

Artichokes, asparagus, aubergines, bean sprouts, Brussels Sprouts, beetroot, broccoli, cabbage (red, savoy, spring, winter), cauliflower, celery, carrots, cress, cucumber, courgettes, chicory, lettuce, marrow, mushrooms, onions, red and green peppers, pimentos, parsnips, parsley, French and runner beans, radishes, swedes, spring onions, spinach, pickles (dill, gherkins, red cabbage), tomatoes

(In moderation)

Peas, beans (butter, broad, haricot), sweetcorn, half avocado, baked beans (87.5g / 3.5 oz.)

Fruits:
(3 portions daily)

	Apple, one average	Peach, one average
	Apricots, two fresh	Pear, one average
	Banana, one small	Pineapple, one slice fresh
	Blackberries, 100g / 4 oz.	Plums, two
	Orange, one average	Pomegranate, one
	Raisins, 25g / 1 oz.	Cherries, 100g / 4 oz.
	Raspberries, 100g / 4 oz.	Dates, 25g / 1 oz.
	Rhubarb, 100g / 4 oz.	Damsons, ten
	Strawberries, 100g / 4 oz.	Gooseberries, ten
	Sultanas, 25g / 1 oz.	Grapefruit, one large
	Tangerines, two	Grapes, 75g / 3 oz.
	Unsweetened juice, 125ml / 4 fl.oz.	Cooking apples, one large (baked or stewed)
	Melon, one slice

Drinks:

Tea, Russian tea, herb tea, coffee, Bovril, Oxo, Marmite, soda water, PLJ, tomato juice, water, slimline drinks, low-calorie tonic

Seasonings:

Salt, pepper, vinegar, mustard, lemon juice, herbs, spices, Worcester sauce

These foods are best avoided

Sugar and its products:

Glucose, sweets, chocolate, ice-cream, sweetened yoghurt, jam, marmalade, lemon curd, treacle, syrup, puddings, lemonade, squashes, proprietary milk drinks, tinned fruits

Fatty foods:

Dripping, lard, oil, salad cream, cream, fat of meat, sausages, fried foods, black pudding, fishcakes, fish fingers, rissoles, chips, roast potatoes, potato crisps

White flour and its products:

Cakes, sweet biscuits, pastries, crumpets, doughnuts, scones, buns, dumplings, pies, bridies, sausage rolls, spaghetti, macaroni, thick gravies and sauces, thick pickles and chutneys, tinned packet soups, thick soups (peas, beans, lentils, barley, rice flour)

Miscellaneous items:

Honey, nuts, alcohol, evaporated or condensed milk, sorbitol, slimming biscuits, diabetic foods and squashes, processed meats