All forbidden foods
81 items
🥩 Meat · 5
🐟 Fish · 3
🥬 Vegetables · 20
🍅
Tomato
Best limited
Avoid🥒
Cucumber
Best limited
Avoid🧅
Onion
Avoid raw — small amounts for cooking only
Avoid🧄
Garlic
Best avoided raw
Avoid🥕
Carrot
Best limited
Avoid🥬
Arugula
Best avoided
Avoid🥬
Lettuce
Best avoided
Avoid🌿
Parsley
Best avoided
Avoid🥬
Spinach
Best avoided
Avoid🥬
Cabbage
Best avoided
Avoid🍃
Grape Leaves
Best avoided
Avoid🌿
Mloukhia
Not a regular dish — rarely is fine
Avoid🫘
Fava Beans
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Lentils
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
White Beans
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Chickpeas
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Cowpeas
Best avoided
Avoid🌿
Dill
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Red Kidney Beans
Best avoided
Avoid🫘
Black Beans
Best avoided
Avoid🍎 Fruits · 5
🌾 Grains · 16
🍞
White Bread
Best avoided
Avoid🍝
Pasta
Best avoided
Avoid🍚
Couscous
Best avoided
Avoid🍰
Cake
Best avoided
Avoid🍪
Cookies
Best avoided
Avoid🍪
Kahk
Best avoided
Avoid🍕
Pizza
Best avoided
Avoid🌾
Oats
Best avoided
Avoid🌾
Quinoa
Not a traditional grain
Avoid🍜
Indomie
Instant noodles, best avoided
Avoid🍞
Fino Bread
Soft white bread roll, best avoided
Avoid🥟
Sambousek
Stuffed pastry, best avoided
Avoid🥟
Jalash
Thin pastry sheets, best avoided
Avoid🌯
Tortilla
Thin refined wrap, best avoided
Avoid🍝
Lasagna
Pasta sheets, best avoided
Avoid🍞
Baladi Bread
Best avoided unless whole-grain
Avoid🥛 Dairy · 7
🍵 Drinks · 6
🍯 Sweets · 14
🍬
Malban (Turkish Delight)
Best avoided
Avoid🥜
Peanuts
Best avoided
Avoid🎃
Pumpkin Seeds
Best avoided
Avoid🌻
Sunflower Seeds
Best avoided
Avoid🍉
Hard-shell Seeds
Best avoided
Avoid🧇
Waffle
Refined dough, best avoided
Avoid🧁
Muffin
Small cake, best avoided
Avoid🥞
Pancake
Refined dough, best avoided
Avoid🥐
Croissant
Refined buttery dough, best avoided
Avoid🍩
Donut
Fried refined dough, best avoided
Avoid🥮
Feteer Meshaltet
Layered ghee pastry, best avoided
Avoid🍰
Konafa
Shredded dough in syrup, best avoided
Avoid🥞
Crepe
Thin batter, best avoided
Avoid🍰
Baklawa
Phyllo with syrup and nuts, best avoided
Avoid