Mucusless Diet Food List from Arnold Ehret…transitioning tips to a raw living fruity life!
Mucusless Diet Food List from Arnold Ehret of the most frequently eaten foods that cause mucus.
These are guidelines and practices that have proven to work the best when trying to transition to a raw mucusless diet. The Transition Diet is the systematic approach developed by Arnold Ehret to safely evolve one’s eating habits away from mucus-forming foods toward a mucusless diet. Keep in mind that this is a personal list that is based upon his own experiences and not totally aligned to a Natural Hygienist approach to Nutrition but I found it helpful with my youngest who was very full of mucus. Ultimately, each person will need to find transitional food items that work best for them based on their past eating habits, physiological type, levels of mucus/pus addiction, latent/chronic illness, etc.
In the following Mucusless Diet Foods List they explore the most frequently used mucusless (mucus-free) food items, and then look at some mucuslean options.
ACID-BINDING, NON-MUCUS-FORMING, OR MUCUSLESS (MUCUS-FREE) FOODS RIPE FRUITS (MUCUSLESS) – ⭐️ The most detoxifying and pulling for a fast detox
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Apples
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Banana
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Black Cherries
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Blackberries
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Blood Orange & Orange ⭐️
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Cantaloupe & water melon ⭐️
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Cherries
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Grapefruit ⭐️
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Grapes (especially red) ⭐️
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Tangelos
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Honeydew ⭐️
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Lemons ⭐️
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Limes ⭐️
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Mandarin
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Mangos
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Nectarine
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Peaches
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Pears
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Pineapple ⭐️
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Plums
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Prunes
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Raisins
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Raspberries
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Strawberries
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Sweet Cherries
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Tangerines
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Wild blueberries & blueberries ⭐️
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kiwi ⭐️
DRIED OR BAKED FRUITS (MUCUSLESS) – These foods will slow down detox if it is moving to fast
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Apples
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Apricots
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Bananas
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Cherries
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Dates, (Dried)
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Figs (Dried)
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Grapes/raisins
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Mango
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Pineapple
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Plums/prunes
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Strawberries
100% FRUIT JELLIES, SYRUPS, AND HONEY
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Coconut Water ⭐️
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Green Juice ⭐️
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Lakewood Concord Grape Juice ⭐️- When fresh Lemon juice is added
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Lakewood Cranberry Juice ⭐️- When fresh Lemon juice is added
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Fruit Jams (no sugar added)
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Local High Grade Honey
GREEN LEAF VEGETABLES (MUCUSLESS)
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Arugula
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Cabbage
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Collard
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Dandelion Leaf ⭐️
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Kale
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Leafy Herbs (Parsley, Dill, Basil, Thyme) ⭐️
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Lettuce (Green, Red, Romaine) ⭐️
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Mustard Greens
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Spinach
RAW VEGETABLES/ROOT, STEM, FRUIT (ALL OR RELATIVELY STARCHLESS/MUCUSLESS)
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Celery ⭐️
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Cucumbers ⭐️
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Dandelion (periodically will add to green vegetable juices) ⭐️
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Peppers/capsicum (Green, Red, Yellow, or Orange)
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Red Beets (raw)
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Sea Vegetables (Dulse, Kelp) ⭐️
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Sprouts (Alfalfa) ⭐️
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Tomatoes
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Zucchini
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Sprouts ⭐️
BAKED OR STEAMED VEGETABLES ROOT, STEM, FRUIT (ALL OR RELATIVELY STARCHLESS/MUCUSLESS)
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Acorn Squash (Baked)
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Asparagus -the best choice if you have cooked food
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Broccoli – not good if you have lots of sulphur
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Brussels Sprouts – not good if you have lots of sulphur
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Butternut Squash (Baked)
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Carrots
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Green Peas
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Peppers (Green, Red, Yellow, or Orange) – eat them raw is best
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Spaghetti Squash
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Sweet Potato (Baked) – the best choice if you have cooked food
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Zucchini (Steamed or Baked) -the best choice if you have cooked food
*Note this is from the book not my protocol 👇🏼
MUCUSLEAN (MODERATELY MUCUS-FORMING)
Below are foods that are mucus-forming, but I’ve found to be useful during the “transition diet.” When the following items are added to a meal, Arnold Ehret called the meal “mucuslean.”
Mucuslean: refers to the period of dietary transition in the Mucusless Diet where mucus-forming foods are used along with mucusless ones. Mucuslean menus are generally less harmful than standard mucus-forming eating habits by non-practitioner, and are an important part of the overall transition and systematic healing methods employed in the Mucusless Diet Healing System.
In the Muculess Diet Healing System, Arnold Ehret teaches how best to eat mucuslean items so that they do the least amount of damage and leave behind the least amount of waste. Most items, except nuts, should always be eating with a raw “combination salad” to help with digestion and elimination. See the Mucusless Diet for more on how to combine and eat mucuslean options properly.
STARCHY OR FATTY VEGETABLES AND FRUITS (SLIGHTLY MUCUS-FORMING)
Carrots and Beets (Raw; some people view carrots as mucus-forming. They have a little bit of starch content, but mostly eliminate well and function reletively mucusless in the body. Although I don’t juice them as much as I did in the past, they are fine to chop up and add to a salad). Sweet potatoes, quinoa and millet are the best cooked starch as they are low in sugar.
*I advise against eating avocados because they are ‘fatty’ and mucus-forming. However, I did use them to make sauces during the earlier parts of my transition and still eat them two or three times a year (when you can eat certain mucuslean item only a few times per year, you know that you are advancing along with the Mucusless Diet).
BEANS (MODERATELY MUCUS-FORMING)
Beans (Black Beans, Black-eyed peas Kidney Beans, Lima Beans, Navy Beans, Pinto Beans, etc.; Beans are my most steadfast mucuslean item. They are starchy, heavy, addictive, and mucus-forming, but I’ve found that they eliminate well if combined properly with raw salads and steamed vegetables. But, when it is time to be mucusless or fast, steer clear of them).
NUTS AND SEEDS (MILDLY MUCUS-FORMING)
Nuts (Cashews, Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Peanuts, Pecans, Walnuts, etc.; I’ve always been very good about combining nuts with raisins and/or figs to aid elimination. Also, I learned early on to never eat nuts with juicy fruits. I ate a lot of nuts during the first couple years of my transition, and seem to eat them less and less every year. I might eat nuts three of four times a year now)
SEASONINGS (POTENTIALLY ACID-FORMING)
Some seasonings are acid-forming, it is okay to use many of your favorite condiments during the transition.
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Dulse Flakes
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Kelp
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Oregano
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Thyme
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Basil
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Paprika
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Cumin
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Cayenne pepper
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Turmeric
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Celery Salt
PROCESSED FOODS, CONFECTIONERIES, FERMENTED, OR DISTILLED DRINKS (ACID/PUS/MUCUS-FORMING)
Overall, It is advised to stay away from most processed foods, non-vegan sweets, and fermented foods and beverages.
VEGETARIAN/VEGAN PROCESSED FOODS (MODERATELY MUCUS FORMING OR POTENTIAL ACID-FORMING)
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Chips/crisps (corn, potato, plantain) stay away from them if you can.
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Hummus (processed cooked chickpeas with oil)
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Soy Butter have a very high oil content and soy lecithin, which really should be avoided altogether.
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Pasteurized 100% Fruit Juices (potentially acid-forming)
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Plant milks (soy milk, nut milk, seed milks and coconut milks)
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Plant-based butters (peanut, almond and cashew; something I only used for a couple years. As I became clean, nut butters started to really irritate my system).
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Texturized Vegetable Protein (‘mock’ meats including soy, etc should be avoided as they are dead foods.
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Vegan Baked Goods and Confections and raw treats. The Mucusless Diet is not about forcing yourself not to eat mucus, but transitioning away from it so that you can no longer crave or tolerate it.
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Natural veggie patties (periodically you can find some veggie patties that are relatively ‘clean’ and will help you overcome bad cravings. They are much better to eat then going back to fast foods when the going gets tough. Just be sure to look at the ingredients on the label to make sure they did not sneak egg or dairy into it.
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Canned/Jars or Tomoto Sauce (I would sometimes combined canned tomato sauce with freshly cooked tomotos, etc., to make a sauce to put over vegetables/salad. Avoid sauces that contain sugar or corn-syrup. If you are strongly against all packaged foods, simply stay away from it).
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Vinegar Free Store-bought salad dressing (Obviously, it is best to make your own raw dressings, but there are a couple vinegar free dressings that Mucusless Diet practitioners have found and like to use over salads. Ehret strongly advises against using items that contain vinegar. Lemon juice is a much better alternative).
*My suggestion would be to use this to transition you to a high fruit raw living foods lifestyle. I found this helpful in steering the foods my highly mucus inflamed child eat to cleaner foods for his body. He loved nuts, avocados and humous, starches and all the things causing more mucus too form before I had chance to get it out…Hannah x
I boil my squash after I cube it up, not steam or bake. Is this still considered a mucusless way of cooking it? My favorite is the kabocha squash! aka Japanese pumpkin!