Eat starches with vegetables, but not with protein or fruit. Starches include grains, pasta, or bread, and starchy vegetables such as potatoes, sweet potato, corn, legumes, and beans. • Eat protein with nonstarchy vegetables, and not with starches. Proteins include nuts, seeds, eggs, meat, or fish. • Eat fruit alone. Sweet fruits should ideally be eaten after acid fruits, and acid fruits, such as citrus fruits, apples, mango, all berries, cherries, pears, apricots, and peaches may be eaten with raw nuts. • Melons should be eaten alone.
