Improving your diet isn't only about the foods you eat — it's also about what you drink. During Phase 1 you'll learn to get used to avoiding drinks containing added sugar and other unhealthy fillers.
The following is a list of Phase 1-approved drinks:
Water
One percent low-fat or fat-free milk or buttermilk
Low-fat (4 grams of fat or less) plain soy milk or sucralose-containing soy milk
Coffee and tea (limit caffeine-containing beverages to 1-2 servings per day)
Decaffeinated coffee and tea
Herbal tea without added sugars (Please avoid any teas that promise to help you lose weight or boast any other unrealistic health claim.)
Sugar-free flavored waters, soda, iced teas, powdered drinks, etc.
Club soda or seltzer
Tomato or vegetable juice
You should avoid the following:
Fruit juices
Sodas with added sugar
Whole or 2 percent reduced-fat milk
Alcohol
Flavored waters with added sugar
