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| | Refined grains | White breads (lavash, baguettes), rice, pasta, noodles, biscuits | | Fast foods | Sausages, bologna (beef), pizza | | Potatoes | Potatoes (cooked and fried potatoes, French fries) | | Salty snacks | Crackers, potato chips, corn puffs, pickled vegetables | | Mayonnaise | Mayonnaise | | Sugar sweetened beverages | Soft drinks, synthetic fruit juices | | Eggs | Eggs | | Vegetables | Lettuce, spinach, green leafy vegetables, onions, cucumber, turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, eggplant, squash, celery, green pepper, garlic, mushrooms, green peas, green beans, broad beans, carrots, pumpkin, tomatoes, tomato sauce | | Whole grains | Iranian dark breads, barley, corn, bulgur | | Fruits and dried fruits | Apple, orange, tangerine, date, melon, watermelon and Persian melon, cantaloupe, banana, lemon, lime, apricots, grapes, cherries, strawberries, pomegranates, kiwi, grapefruit, persimmons, pear, peach, plums, nectarine, mulberry, fig, dried fruits, and natural fruit juices | | Poultry and fish | Chicken, canned tuna fish, and every kind of fish | | High fat dairy | Whole fat milk, cocoa milk, whole fat yoghurt, concentrated and creamy yoghurt, cream cheese, kashk, ice cream | | Low-fat dairy | Low-fat milk, plain yoghurt, cheese, and yoghurt drink | | Jam and tinned fruits | Jam, honey, and tinned fruits | | Liquid oils | Vegetable oils, olives, and olive oil | | Solid fats | Butter, margarine, cream, hydrogenated vegetable oils, and animal fats | | Sweet snacks | Cakes, cookies, Iranian confectioneries (gaz, sohan, noghl), confections, sugars, chocolates, candies | | Red meats | Beef, lamb, hamburger, ground meat | | Organ meats | Liver, heart, kidney, tongue, feet, head, tripe, and brain | | Tea and coffee | Tea, coffee | | Nuts and seeds | Walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, peanuts, and roasted seeds | | Legumes | Lentils, beans, chickpea, split peas, and soya beans |
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