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Tostones with refried beans, guacamole and avocado salsa
1 approve · 5 caution · 5 avoid
Cheferee's Consensus
Vegan rate this plate highest, Carnivore and Whole30 lowest — a 8.5-point spread. They are not reading different evidence; they are applying different rules to the same plate.
What each diet says
Each score is that framework's own position on this plate, scored as a whole meal — not the average of its parts.
- DASH6.2
- Mediterranean5.8
- Vegan9.5
- Carnivore1.0
- Paleo2.5
- Keto2.0
- Low-FODMAP2.5
- Whole301.0
- Zone4.0
- Anti-Inflammatory5.5
- GLP-15.5
The beans, avocado, tomatoes and corn are DASH-friendly and likely low in added sodium, but the fried tostones (28% of the plate) and typically salty refried beans pull the score down.
Plant-forward with avocado, tomatoes and legumes fits the spirit, but this is a Latin American plate heavy on fried plantains and lacking olive oil, fish, whole grains or leafy greens central to the Mediterranean pattern.
Every component — tostones, refried beans (assuming lard-free), guacamole, avocado salsa, tomatoes and corn — is plant-based, making this an essentially fully vegan plate.
Carnivore forbids all plant foods, and this plate is 100% plants: plantains, beans, avocado, tomatoes and corn. Categorical rejection.
Paleo excludes legumes and corn, which together make up roughly a quarter of the plate, and the deep-fried tostones in refined oil are also off-limits despite the acceptable avocado and tomatoes.
With tostones, refried beans and corn dominating, this plate is very high in starch and carbohydrates — far beyond any ketogenic threshold, even with the fat from avocado.
Refried beans and avocado in guacamole/salsa portions this large are high-FODMAP, and onion/garlic are almost certain in the refried beans and salsa, making this a poor fit.
Whole30 explicitly bans all legumes (refried beans) and corn, and the tostones are deep-fried in seed oil — multiple categorical violations on one plate.
Carbs from tostones, beans and corn dominate while there is no protein source at all, breaking the 40/30/30 macro balance Zone requires despite the healthy fats from avocado.
Avocado, tomatoes and beans are anti-inflammatory, but deep-fried plantains in likely refined oil and the heavy refined-starch load work against the framework.
Fiber from beans, avocado and plantains supports satiety, but the plate has essentially no protein — a key GLP-1 priority — and the fried starch plus dense fats make it calorie-heavy for the volume.
Food by food
Our catalog scores for each item. The plate's score above is a judgment on the whole meal, so it will not match the average of these.
Plantain~28% of the plate5.8▾
- Whole309.0
- Keto1.0
- Vegan9.0
- Low-FODMAP6.0
- Paleo6.0
- Carnivore1.0
- DASH5.0
- Zone2.0
- Anti-Inflammatory5.0
- GLP-1 Friendly4.0
- Mediterranean5.0
Refried beans~18% of the plate4.1▾
- Keto1.0
- Whole301.0
- Paleo1.0
- Mediterranean4.0
- Carnivore1.0
- Low-FODMAP2.0
- GLP-1 Friendly5.0
- DASH4.0
- Zone2.0
- Anti-Inflammatory5.0
- Vegan6.0
Guacamole~15% of the plate5.5▾
- Keto9.0
- Vegan9.0
- Paleo9.0
- Mediterranean8.0
- Carnivore1.0
- Whole305.0
- Low-FODMAP8.0
- DASH8.0
- Zone9.0
- Anti-Inflammatory9.0
- GLP-1 Friendly5.0
avocado salsa~25% of the plate · not in our catalog yet▾
We don't have per-diet catalog scores for this food yet, so it has no breakdown here. It still counted toward the plate's score above.
Cherry tomatoes~8% of the plate5.5▾
- Low-FODMAP8.0
- Zone8.0
- Paleo9.0
- GLP-1 Friendly8.0
- Anti-Inflammatory8.0
- Mediterranean9.0
- Vegan10.0
- Keto5.0
- Carnivore1.0
- Whole3010.0
- DASH9.0
Corn~6% of the plate6.1▾
- Keto1.0
- Vegan9.0
- Paleo1.0
- Carnivore1.0
- Whole301.0
- Low-FODMAP8.0
- DASH5.0
- Zone2.0
- Anti-Inflammatory5.0
- GLP-1 Friendly4.0
- Mediterranean5.0
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