Michi's Ladder - A Diet Guideline To Help You Decide How To Eat

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Michi's Ladder is a diet guideline, but we leave it to you to decide. If you only ate from Tiers 1 & 2, you would have a near-perfect diet!

Tier 1: The Pious Tier
Apples, with skin Artichokes Arugula Asparagus Avocados Beans Beets Bok choy Boysenberries Bran Broccoli Broccoli sprouts Brussels sprouts Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Cereal, whole grain Chard Cherries Citrus fruits	Collard greens Cottage cheese, nonfat Cucumbers Egg whites Endive Fish, cold water (salmon, mackerel, sardines) Fish, freshwater Flaxseed Garlic, fresh Granola, raw, no sugar Hemp seed Kale Lettuce, romaine, green or red leaf Milk, nonfat Milk, soy Muesli, raw, no sugar Mushrooms	Mustard Nectarines Oatmeal Olive oil Olives Onions Pears, with skin Peas Peppers Plantains Prunes Radishes Raspberries Refried beans, nonfat Rice, brown Salsa, natural, no sugar Seitan Spinach Squash Strawberries Sweet potatoes	Tea, green or black Tempeh Tofu Tomato sauce, no sugar Tomatoes Vinegar Water Yams Yogurt, nonfat, no sugar
Tier 2: The Happy Tier
Apples, skinless Bananas Blueberries Bread, whole grain Cantaloupe Cheese, nonfat Chicken, skinless white meat Coffee, black or cappuccino with nonfat milk Corn Cottage cheese, low-fat	Cream cheese, nonfat Duck, free-range Eggplant Fish, farmed Granola or energy bar Grapes Hummus Juice, fresh-squeezed with pulp, no sugar Kiwifruit Mangoes Meal replacement bar Melon, honeydew	Milk, 1% Nuts, raw Ostrich Pancakes, buckwheat Papayas Peaches Pineapple Plums Raisins Ricotta cheese, nonfat Soy nuts Soy sauce Squid String beans	Sunflower seeds Tortillas, whole wheat Turkey breast Vegetable juice Veggie burger Venison, free-range Watermelon Yogurt, no sugar Zucchini
Tier 3: The Swiss Tier
A1 Steak Sauce Angel food cake Applesauce Bagels Beef, eye of round Beef, London Beef, top round Canola oil Cheese, low-fat Chicken, dark meat Chicken sandwich, broiled Chicken taco, baked Clams	Coffee, cappuccino with whole milk Crab Cream cheese, low-fat Eggs, whole French fries, baked Fruit, dried Graham crackers Granola Honey Jam or marmalade Jerky, turkey Juice, from concentrate Ketchup	Lamb, lean Lettuce, iceberg Lobster Mayonnaise Milk, 2% Muesli Oatmeal, flavored Oysters Pancakes Pasta, plain Peanut butter, raw Popcorn, plain Pork tenderloin Potatoes, baked or boiled	Pretzels Refried beans, low-fat Rice cakes Rice, white Sauerkraut Soup, canned broth Steak, lean Sweet-and-sour sauce Veal cutlet Wine, red Yogurt, frozen, nonfat
Tier 4: The Dodgy Tier
Animal crackers Beef, filet mignon Beef, lean ground Beef, sirloin Beef Stroganoff Beer Bread, refined flour Buffalo Butter Caesar salad, with chicken Canadian bacon Cheese (including bleu and goat) Chili Chinese food Chips, low-fat, baked Coconut	Coffee, iced mocha latte with nonfat milk Coffee, latte with whole milk Coffee cake Crackers Grilled cheese sandwich Ham Hot dogs, turkey Ice cream, sugar-free or fat-free Jell-O Juice, sweetened Lamb chops Lasagna, with meat Macaroni and cheese Margarine	Meat loaf Mexican food Milk, whole Muffins Nuts, salted or roasted Peanut butter, not raw Pepper, stuffed Pizza, meatless or Hawaiian style Popcorn, with salt and butter Pork chop Potato salad or macaroni salad Pudding, with low-fat milk Reuben sandwich	Sherbet Shrimp Sloppy Joe, lean beef or turkey Soft drinks, diet Soup, canned creamy Spaghetti, with meatballs Sub sandwich Taco salad, with chicken Tortilla, refined flour or corn Tuna salad or chicken salad Vegetable oil Wine, white Yogurt, frozen
Tier 5: The Newburg Tier
Alcohol, hard liquor Bacon Baked beans Beef, ground, regular Beef taco, fried Breakfast sandwich, fast food Cakes Candy Cereal, sugared Chicken a la King Chicken, buffalo wings or nuggets Chicken or fish sandwich, fried	Chips, potato or corn Chocolate Cinnamon bun Coffee, mocha, macchiato, ice blended, frappé, triple caramel vanilla buzz bomb, etc. Cookies Cream cheese Creamed veggies Creamer, nondairy Doughnuts French fries Gravy Hamburger, fast food	Hot dogs Ice cream Jerky, beef, pork, or venison Juice, sugar added Lobster Newburg Nachos Onion rings Pastries Pies Potato skins, fried Potatoes, fried Potpie Refried beans, with lard	Salad dressing, creamy Sausage Soft drinks, sugared Tater tots Toaster pastries