Expanded List of HCG Diet Foods

What is the expanded version of the Hcg Diet food list?

This list is based on the original protocol food list, as described by Dr. Simeons, however it is now expanded to include specific variations of the suggested foods themselves, based on modern food availability. In other words, some of these foods were not available to Dr. Simeons when he was designing his original protocol.

Amount of Food Allowed (Same as original food list)

The food options consists of lunch and dinner (no breakfast) and the following items per meal:

3.5 ounces of selected lean meats (see below)
3.5 ounces of selected vegetables (see below)
1 Grissini Breadstick or Melba Toast
Selected fruit (see below)
You are encouraged to drink plenty of water and you can drink all the coffee and tea you want.

Expanded Hcg Food List with Calories

Beverages allowed

Tea – 1 calorie
Coffee – 2 calories
Tbs milk – 9 calories whole, 6 calories 1% milk fat, 5 calories skim milk, 2 calories Almond milk (unsweetened), 4 calories coconut milk (unsweetened)

Very Lean Beef allowed (avg 152 calories)

93/7 Lean Ground Beef (3.5 oz) – 150 calories
Cube Steak (3.5 oz) – 160 calories
Sirloin Tip Side Steaks (3.5 oz) – 130 calories
Top Round Steak (3.5 oz) – 166 calories
Tri-Tip Steak (3.5 oz) – 154 calories

Veal allowed (avg 114 calories)

Veal, sirloin (3.5 oz) – 110 calories
Veal, loin chop (3.5 oz) – 117 cals

Chicken allowed

Chicken Breast (3.5 oz) – 87 calories

Fish allowed (avg 98 calories)

Cod (3.5 oz) – 83 calories
Crab Meat (3.5 oz) – 100 calories
Flounder (3.5 oz) – 90 calories
Haddock (3.5 oz) – 88 calories
Halibut (3.5 oz) – 110 calories
Lobster (3.5 oz) – 98 calories
Red Snapper (3.5 oz) – 110 calories
Shrimp (3.5 oz) – 110 calories
Tilapia (3.5 oz) – 94 calories
Additional allowed white fish are listed at the bottom of the page.*

Vegetables allowed (avg 18.8 cal)

Asparagus (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Asparagus (2″ tip) – 1 calories
Asparagus (small spear) – 2 calories
Asparagus (medium spear) – 3 calories
Asparagus (large spear) – 4 calories
Broccoli (3.5 oz) – 34 calories
Broccoli (1 cup – 88g) – 30 calories
Broccoli (5″ spear – 31 g) – 11 calories
Celery (3.5 oz) – 15 cal
Celery (medium stalk) – 6 calories
Cabbage (3.5 oz) – 24 calories
Cabbage (1 cup shredded) – 17 calories
Cauliflower (3.5 oz) – 22 calories
Cauliflower (1 cup) – 28 calories
Cauliflower (3 flowerets) – 12 calories
Cucumber (3.5 oz) – 12 calories
Cucumber (small) – 19 calories
Cucumber (medium) – 24 calories
Cucumber (large) – 34 calories
Cucumber (English long) – 60 calories
Lettuce, all varieties (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Lettuce, all varieties (1 cup) – 8 calories
Lettuce, all varieties (small head) – 32 calories
Red Radishes (3.5 oz) – 12 calories
Red Radishes (one medium) – 1 calories
Spinach, raw (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Spinach, raw (1 cup) – 7 calories
Spinach, frozen (3.5 oz) – 23 calories
Spinach, frozen (1 cup) – 41 calories
Spinach, cooked (3.5 oz) – 31 calories
Spinach, cooked (1 cup) – 48 calories
Tomato (3.5 oz) – 20 calories
Tomato (cherry) – 3 calories
Tomato (plumb) – 11 calories
Tomato (small) – 16 calories
Tomato (medium) – 22 calories
Tomato (large) – 33 calories

Fruit allowed

Apple (small) – 55 calories
Apple (medium) – 72 calories
Apple (large) – 110 calories
Orange (navel) – 69 calories
Orange (Florida) – 65 calories
Orange (California) – 59 calories
Strawberries, 12 large – 72 calories
Strawberries, 20 medium – 80 calories
Pink Grapefruit (California) – 92 calories
Pink Grapefruit (Florida) – 74 calories

Bread allowed

Grissini Breadstick (3 g) – 12 calories
Melba Toast (3 gram) – 12 calories
Melba Toast (5 gram) – 20 calories
White Fish List

White FISH List (expanded)

Ayr
Cat Fish
Cod
Coley
Dover Sole
Flounder
Flying Fish
Haddock
Hake
Halibut
Hoki
John Dory
Kalabasu
Lemon Sole
Ling
Monk Fish
Parrot Fish
Plaice
Pollack
Pomfret
Red & Grey Mullet
Red Fish
Red Snapper
Rock Salmon/Dogfish
Rohu
Sea Bass
Sea Bream
Shark
Skate
Tilapia Turbot
Whiting