Cottage Cheese
Cottage Cheese is green tier. It can be any fat % including full fat. Cottage Cheese
Turkey (and other fowl)
Turkey and other fowl are green tier. This includes chicken, turkey, pheasant, quail, and various other fowl. Turkey (and other fowl)
Wild Game, Lean
Wild Game meat such as deer or elk that is 10% fat or less is green tier. If it is greater than 10% fat, it would be yellow tier. Wild Game, Lean
Buffalo, Lean
Buffalo or bison that is 10% lean or leaner is green tier. If it is higher than 10% fat, it would be yellow tier. Buffalo, Lean
Chicken (without skin)
Chicken (skinless) is green tier. This includes the main edible parts of the chicken such as breast, thigh, leg and wing meat. If skin is included, it becomes yellow tier. Breast and thigh meat are the leanest and are preferred.…
Beef, Lean
Lean Beef is green tier. This includes any ground beef that is 10% fat or less (you'll often see 10%, 7%, 4%, or even 3% ground beef). It also includes leaner cuts of beef such as eye of round roast,…
Sweet Potatoes/Yams
Sweet Potatoes and Yams are green tier. These and purple potatoes are green tier. All other potatoes are yellow tier (red, yukon gold, russet, etc). Purple and sweet potatoes are on the green tier because of their high nutrient content…
Rice Milk (whole, unsweetened)
Rice milk made with brown rice is green tier as long as there are no other red tier ingredients added. Rice Milk (whole, unsweetened)
Rice (Whole Grain)
Whole Grain Rice such as Brown Rice and Wild Rice are green tier. White rice is yellow tier. Here's how to cook brown rice. Rice (Whole Grain)