1972 Atkins Food List: The Foods I Eat

1972 Atkins Food List! These are the Foods I Eat!

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Meat

Steaks
Corned Beef
Lamb chops
Tongue
Hamburgers
Bacon
Any kind of Meat
in any quantity–
except meat with fillers such as sausage, hot dogs, meatballs, most packaged cold cuts!

Condiments

Salt
Pepper
Mustard
Horseradish
Vinegar
Vanilla
and other artificial sweeteners; any dry powdered spices that does not contain sugar.

Eggs

Boiled, fried, scambled, poached, omelet – any style and with no limitations!

Juice

Juice of one
Lemon or Lime

Fowl

Duckling
Turkey
Chicken
Anything with wings
NO stuffing

Drinks

Water
Mineral Water
Vichy
Club Soda
Beef or Chicken Broth
Sugar-free Diet Soda
Coffee
Tea

Salad

Two small green salads a day, roughly a loosely packed cup. You can use leafy greens, celery, cucumbers and radishes. Dressings with vinegar, oil, salt, dry spices, herbs, grated cheese or anchovies. Or else have a sour pickle in place of a salad. Plus some green olives!

Cheese

Four ounces a day of any hard aged cheese. No cream cheese or cheese spreads.

Desserts

Sugar free Jello
Whipped Cream
Coffee isn’t on the actual list, but I consider it a dessert now!

Fish

All fish
Canned Salmon
Tuna (canned okay)
All Seafood including oil-packed and smoked except oysters, clams, mussels, scallops and pickled fish.

Butter, Mayo & Fats

Butter
Oils
Shortening
Lard
Mayonnaise
Fats have no carbs!

Heavy Cream

Four teaspoons a day. (cream has less carbs than milk so DON’T use milk.