Fruit and Fruit Juice List for the South Beach Diet

Approved Fresh Fruit on the South Beach Diet

• Apples (small - 4 oz)
• Apricots (3 small - 5 oz)
• Bananas (medium - 4 oz or 7" long)
• Blueberries (¾ cup)
• Cantaloupe (and presumably other melons, since they are similar, except for watermelon) (1 cup)
• Cherries, pitted (1 cup) (sour OK, sweet occasional)
• Cranberries (½ cup)
• Grapefruit (½ cup)
• Grapes (1 cup, 3.5 oz, or 20 grapes)
• Kiwi (medium)
• Lemon (medium)
• Lime (medium)
• Mango (small or ½ medium - 3-4 oz)
• Nectarine (1 small - 5 oz)
• Orange (small - 6 oz)
• Papaya (small - 8 oz)
• Peach (medium - 4 oz)
• Pear (medium - 4 oz)
• Pineapple (1 cup - no more than once per week)
• Plum (2 small - 5 oz)
• Raspberries (1 cup)
• Strawberries (1 cup whole)
• Tangerine (1 medium - 4 oz)
• Watermelon (1 cup) - rare treat

Canned Fruit

Fresh fruit is always preferred over canned - canned fruit is only for very occasional use, and never packed in heavy syrup. However, Agatston doesn't mention that there are some fruits now packed in a artificially-sweetened syrup.

½ cup of unsweetened applesauce may be eating on a limited basis (no more than once per week)

Dried Fruit

Most dried fruits are only allowed on a very occasional basis, even in phase three. Exceptions are one-ounce servings of the following:

• Apples (about 4 rings)
• Apricots (about 7 dried halves)
• Figs (about 3 - occasional on Phase Three only)
• Prunes, pitted (3-4 - once/week on Phase 2, OK on Phase 3)
• Raisins (1 oz - once/week on Phase 3)

Fruit Juices

Fruit juice is to be avoided until Phase Three. At that point, a ½ cup serving of a juice with no added sugar may be added once per week.