The diet does not set fixed times for every meal and encourages you to pay attention to feelings of hunger.
Tayebat Guide
The Tayebat Diet by Dr. Diaa Al-Awady
A Clear Food Guide
Find out what is allowed and forbidden in the Tayebat diet and the conditions for each item. Search for a food, read the diet’s rules, and plan your meal.
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Your list in one place
What is the Tayebat Diet?
The Tayebat Diet is a dietary approach attributed to Dr. Diaa Al-Awady. In its published explanations, it focuses on fasting, eating when hungry and stopping when full, and choosing specific foods. This guide brings together allowed and forbidden foods and the conditions for some of them, and lets you search for foods and suggest meals from the list. The classifications here relay published content and require checking the source for each food; they are not a treatment recommendation or a substitute for a doctor.
Start with Allowed foods list, or review Forbidden foods, then read Diet rules.
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Food Guide
Allowed foods
The guide combines your list with foods from the diet sources; check the conditions for each item.
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Fruit and juices
- Bananas
- Dates
- Strawberries
- Grapes
- Cherries
- Peaches
- Apricots
- Plums
- Pineapple
- Figs
- Pomegranate
- Apples — Without the peel.
- Pears — Without the peel.
- Blueberries
- Raspberry
- Blackberries
- Pomegranate juice — Check how it is consumed.
- Guava — Without seeds.
Grains and starches
- Corn
- Rice
- Grains
- Potatoes
- Bran or whole-grain toast — Whole-grain toast only; white bread is forbidden.
Fats and cheeses
- Olive oil
- Butter
- Fats
- Clotted cream
- Processed cheese — The triangle variety is mentioned among the allowed items; check the specific type.
- Cheddar cheese
- Gouda
- Roquefort cheese
- Parmesan
- Traditional ghee
- Kashkaval cheese
Allowed nuts
- Natural almonds
- Walnuts
- Cashews
- Pine nuts
- Pistachios
Meat and fish
- Lamb — Check the quantity and frequency.
- Goat
- Young goat
- Pigeon — Depending on how it is cooked.
- Sea fish only — Wild-caught seafood, not farmed, according to the source.
- Liver
- Veal
- Crab
- Lobster
- Rabbit
- Tuna
- Salmon
- Beef — Check the quantity and frequency.
- Buffalo meat — Check the quantity and frequency.
- Lamb liver
- Minced meat — Minced red meat.
- Beef
- Trotters
- Mumbar
- Quail — Depending on how it is cooked.
Ingredients, drinks, and desserts
- Mushrooms
- Mayonnaise — Allowed according to your list.
- Chili
- Packaged juices
- Jam
- Nutella
- Chocolate
- Halva
- Sugar
- Honey
- Dried fruit
- Sesame halva
- Tahini
- Store-bought basbousa — Only the verified egg-free variety.
- Potato chips
- Coffee without creamers
- Green tea
- Olives — In moderation.
- Salt — Listed as an allowed substitute for onion and garlic.
- All types of dressing — Allowed according to your list.
- Ranch sauce
- Caesar sauce
- Thousand Island sauce
- Tartar sauce
Additional meat and birds
- Camel meat
- Dove
Additional cheeses
- Edam cheese
Additional starches and oils
- Sweet potato
- Corn oil — This refers to the oil, not corn flour.
- Sunflower oil
- Popcorn
Natural sweeteners and flavors
- Sugarcane vinegar
- Honeycomb wax
- Blackstrap molasses — Sugarcane molasses, not pomegranate molasses.
- Thyme
- Frankincense
- Mastic
Additional fruits and drinks
- Sugarcane juice — Listed by a separate source; check the product's additions.
- Cape gooseberry
- Doum palm fruit
iClassification is based on your list and the indicated sources; check the conditions for each item.