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UPDATED FOR 2023: Dr. Sebi's NOT Approved Foods Guide

  • Writer: Modest Vegan Chik
    Modest Vegan Chik
  • Oct 3, 2023
  • 3 min read

Updated: Sep 30



The following foods are not listed on Dr. Sebi's Nutritional Guide. These foods are considered to be unnatural; not made by nature with an incomplete molecular structure. Foods that are hybrid; genetically modified foods {GMO} and acid based foods. These foods should NOT be consumed.

Here is a brief list of the foods Dr. Sebi spoke against eating in many of his lectures. For a complete list of APPROVED foods please refer to his Nutritional Guide or my extended nutritional guide found on this website. Only foods listed on the Nutritional Guide are approved to eat if you want to follow his African Bio-Mineral Balance Lifestyle which consists of alkaline/electric, plant-based foods.

Activated Charcoal

Alvaca

Alcohol/Malt Liquor

Alkalized Bottled Water/Alkaline Water Machines - Bottled alkaline labeled water is usually made alkaline with added minerals or chemicals. Only naturally alkaline spring water is approved.

Allspice

Alkaline Water

Aloe Vera

Almonds

Almond Milk

Apple Cider Vinegar

Apricots

Ashwagandha

Asparagus

Baking Powder

Baking Soda

Banana {regular/red bananas}

Beans

Beets

Bentonite Clay

Black Pepper

Black Rice

Black Seed Oil

Broccoli - Being that broccoli is a hybrid, it is unnatural, incomplete and has incomplete molecular structure.

Buckwheat

Bulgar

Cabbage

Cacao - hybrid

Canned Foods

Canola Oil

Carrots - The carrot should not be eaten. It is man-made from combining the “Yarrow” which is the Queen Anne’s Lace and wild yam. It is starch.

Cashew Nuts

Cassava - {yucca} the popular african dish. Not natural and has cyanide.

Cauliflower - It is worse than broccoli. It will rob you of your minerals. It has no carbon.

Celery - Celery has the highest concentration of inorganic salt. Dr. Sebi recommends not using it under any circumstances.

Chia Seeds

Chicory Root

Chili Powder

Chlorella - Not natural. It is a hybrid

Chlorophyll

Cinnamon

Chocolate

Coconut Aminos

Coconut Flour

Coconut Palm Sugar

Coffee

Collard Greens

Colloidal Silver

Comfrey

Corn - A type of crop that have undergone genetic engineering.

Cumin

Curry

Dairy

Dijon Mustard

Distilled Water

Echinacea

Flaxseeds

Frankincense

Foxgloves - Acid/hybrid herb

Garlic - is an oxide of allyl. It’s dangerous and doesn’t allow wounds to heal. It is 3.3 on the ph level chart. It burns cells and destroys cells and weakens the membrane. While garlic does lower blood pressure, it has a tendency to destroy the membrane.

Ginseng

GMO fruits & vegetables - Genetically Modified foods are never recommended.

Grapefruit

Green Bananas

Green Tea

Golden Seal

Hazel Nuts

Honey

Iceberg Lettuce - Has no nutritional value.

Indian Sarsaparilla - Mexican and Jamaican is recommended only.

Jackfruit

Jicama

Kangen Water

Kombucha - Fermented foods are not recommended.

Lemongrass - It will raise your blood pressure high very quickly. It’s a hybrid.

Lemons

Licorice

Maca - It’s a hybrid plant.

Magnesium Oil

Maple Syrup - Formaldehyde is known to be used to make maple syrup. It is used to keep the hole open in the maple tree. It’s a chemical that really does damage to the body.

Meat - Supported video here.

Milk Thistle

Milk

Millet

Mint - No peppermint or spearmint. Mint seizes the brain.

MMS - Miracle Mineral Supplement

Molasss

Moringa

Muesli

Mustard Greens

Neem

Nutmeg


Oats/Oatmeal

Oranges - {except Seville, which are hard to find}

Paprika

Parsley - Not recommended; also a hybrid plant. Use culantro instead.

Peanuts

Pecans

Peppermint - Very acid. Seizes the brain.

Pineapple

Pine Nuts

Plantains

Poke Salad

Potatoes

Processed Foods

Pumpkin/Seeds - {Pumpkin Squash}

Purified Water

Rambutan - A grape like sweet/sour fruit.

Rice - Contains cyanide and high levels of starch. Rice will compromise the mucous membrane. It is also high on the Glycemic index {Only wild rice is approved}.

Rose Hips

Salt - Will harden your arteries and eventually kill you. Dr. Sebi recommends sea salt.

Seedless Fruit

Shiitake Mushrooms – Dr. Sebi does not recommend the consumption of shiitake mushrooms. It is a hybrid mushroom. All other mushrooms are approved.

Sorrel

Soy - is a complex starch that creates sulfide in the body, it in turn eats up the iron and oxygen. It’s inorganic silica.

Soybeans - a type of crop that have undergone genetic engineering.

Spinach - Acid, has a Ph level below 7.0, it is not alkaline although it may have beneficial substances just like the carrot and milk has beneficial substances. Spinach has a starch base and has no iron.

Spirulina

Starch - Spaghetti, Rice, Bean, Potatoes, Cane juice (highest concentration of starch)

St. John's Wart

String Beans - Avoid it. It acid enough to be considered detrimental.

Sugar/Sugar Cane

Tofu

Tomatoes - {except plum/roma & cherry tomatoes}

Turmeric

Vitamins

Wheat

Wheatgrass

Yeast - destroys the lymph nodes and the lymphatic system.

Yucca

NOTE: If you are unsure if something is recommended that is not listed here, please reach out to Dr. Sebi's Cellfood office. Always do your own research if you don't trust the source.

{Resources: Dr. Sebi's Video Lectures, Advocates for Dr. Sebi website, Support Groups for Dr. Sebi on Social Media}

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