Frozen vegetables, fruits, frozen juices, fish, and poultry are recommended. Meat and Fish Poultry, fish, and meat options are included in the Alpha Nutrition Program but are not essential. A complete vegetarian version of the Alpha Nutrition Program is readily achieved by selecting only the rice, vegetable, and fruit options and many recipes included in the program are suitable. Meat portions are, in any case, reduced from North American averages. Desirable Staple Food Rice is the staple food chosen for the Alpha Nutrition Program because it has low allergenicity, is versatile, and is widely available.
Rice provides a carbohydrate, caloric base to the diet.
Rice comes in many varieties, originating in many parts of the world. We often see patients treated for food problems with odd, exotic food choices and new food products of doubtful safety. Nut milks, for example, made of cashews or almonds should not be eaten on a regular basis. Soya milks with many additives, including gums, flavors, and preservatives may not be well-tolerated. Exotic legume products, enzymes, herbs, herbal teas, new flours, nut mixtures, dried fruits, and a host of new snack foods are all put on our questionable food list.