Want to Try the Whole30 Diet? Here's Everything You Can and Cannot Eat

• Apples
• Apricots
• Avocados
• Bananas
• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Cantaloupe
• Cherries
• Clementines
• Cranberries
• Figs
• Grapefruit
• Grapes
• Honeydew
• Kumquats
• Lemons
• Limes
• Mangoes
• Nectarines
• Oranges
• Papayas
• Passion Fruit
• Peaches
• Pears
• Pineapple
• Plums
• Pomegranate
• Raspberries
• Strawberries
• Tangerines
• Watermelon

Pretty much any vegetable is allowed, except for corn, lima beans, peas, and other legumes.

• Artichokes
• Arugula
• Asparagus
• Acorn squash
• Beets
• Bibb lettuce
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Butternut squash
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Chives
• Collard greens
• Endive
• Eggplant
• Fennel
• Green beans
• Jicama
• Kale
• Okra
• Onion
• Pea pods
• Pumpkin
• Radicchio
• Radishes
• Red-leaf lettuce
• Snow peas
• Sugar snap peas
• Summer squash
• Sweet potatoes
• Swiss chard
• Tomatoes
• Watercress
• Winter squash
• Zucchini

You can have any type of unprocessed meat, but look for these labels in order to choose the healthiest options:

• Cage-free
• Free-range
• Grass-fed
• Grass-finished
• Natural
• No added hormones
• No antibiotics
• Organic
• Pastured
• Sustainable
• Vegetarian-fed

You can eat any unprocessed seafood you want, but try to stick to wild-caught options. Canned tuna is also OK.

Try to stick to cage-free, pastured, and organic eggs.

The Whole30 diet allows tree nuts but not peanuts because they are actually a legume. Here are all the nuts you can eat:

• Almonds
• Brazil nuts
• Cashews
• Flax seeds
• Hazelnuts
• Macadamias
• Pecans
• Pine nuts
• Pistachios
• Pumpkin seeds
• Sesame seeds
• Sunflower seeds
• Walnuts

• Avocado oil
• Coconut oil
• Duck fat
• Ghee and clarified butter
• Lard
• Olive oil
• Palm oil
• Sesame oil

You can have coffee as long as you don't add dairy or sugar. However, you can add coconut milk, almond milk, or milk derived from any other ingredient on the OK list.

This one might be one of the most difficult groups to eliminate since there is added sugar in many food products, but here's what to avoid:

• Agave
• Brown sugar
• Honey
• Maple syrup
• Splenda
• Stevia
• Sugar
• Xylitol
• Any products with added sugar

Sadly, you'll have to say goodbye to cheese for 30 days. Here are all the dairy products you can't eat:

• Butter (except for ghee and clarified butter)
• Cheese
• Cow milk
• Cream
• Goat milk
• Ice cream
• Kefir
• Sour cream
• Yogurt

Most people are not familiar with the surprising list of foods that fall under the legumes category. These include:

• Adzuki beans
• Anasazi beans
• Black beans
• Black-eyed peas
• Fava beans
• Garbanzo beans (chickpeas)
• Kidney beans
• Lentils
• Lima beans
• Peas
• Peanuts
• Soybeans (all soy products are off limits)

• Amaranth
• Buckwheat
• Bulgur
• Corn
• Millet
• Quinoa
• Rice
• Rye
• Sorghum
• Wheat

This one is purely psychological. Even if you make healthier versions of your favorite comfort food using Whole30-approved ingredients, the diet aims to challenge your cravings for these foods. Here are some popular foods you'll have to cut out for the month:

• Biscuits
• Candy
• Cereal
• Cookies
• Cupcakes (or sweets of any kind, really)
• French fries
• Pancakes
• Pizza (sorry)
• Potato chips
• Waffles

Avoid any processed foods that contain these three ingredients in any form.

It might be painful to read all the various libations you won't be able to enjoy, so just remember: no alcohol allowed.