Table 1

Carbohydrate-rich foods instructed to remove in the carbohydrate-reduced diet

Staple foods
rice, bread, corn, spaghetti, noodle made of wheat or buckwheat, potato, sweet potato, taro and yam
Fruits
pear, apple, persimmon, mikan, orange, grapefruit, peach, grape, melon, water melon, banana, pine apple and Japanese chestnut, etc.
Vegetables
carrot, Indian lotus, pumpkin and autumn squash
Confectioneries

Drink
beverages containing sugar, glucose and fructose, and milk
Alcohol
brew: sake, beer and wine (Distilled liquor was not restricted.)

Haimoto et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2009 6:21   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-6-21