# What things do all popular diets agree on?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-do-all-popular-diets-agree-on/645735 "2013-01-01T03:16:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-do-all-popular-diets-agree-on/645735/41 "2013-01-05T16:33:12Z")

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[An article compared](http://elusivelife.net/fitness/diet/diet-smarter-in-2013-use-consensus) 14 popular diet plans ([summarized](http://lifehacker.com/5973008/choose-the-right-diet-plan-by-comparing-similarities-rather-than-differences) at Lifehacker) and came up with this list:

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> Safe:
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> [ul]  
> [li]Fruits[/li][li] Vegetables[/li][li] Lean meats (except vegan/vegetarian)[/li][li] “Healthy” plant oils: olive, coconut and others high in monounsaturated fats[/li][li] Whole grains[/li][/ul]
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> Avoid:  
> [ul]  
> [li]White refined sugar (table sugar)[/li][li] High fructose corn syrup[/li][li] Processed grains (white flour, white rice, etc)[/li][li] Processed grain products (white breads, pastas, etc)[/li][li] Processed food (cheese spreads from a can, snack cakes, etc)[/li][li] Processed meats (pre-packaged lunch meats, pepperoni and the like)[/li][li] Saturated fats[/li][li] Trans Fats[/li][li] Additional sodium (table salt)[/li][/ul]

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