FoodRef · Scanned Plate
Tostones with refried beans, guacamole and avocado salad
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.
- DASH6.8
- Mediterranean6.2
- Vegan9.5
- Carnivore1.0
- Paleo2.0
- Keto2.0
- Low-FODMAP2.5
- Whole301.0
- Zone4.5
- Anti-Inflammatory6.0
- GLP-15.5
Mostly plants with beans, avocado and tomato fits DASH's plant emphasis, but the plate is heavy on fried plantains and refried beans often carry added sodium and fat, pulling the score down.
Avocado, tomato, beans and plant fats align with the pattern, but nearly a third of the plate is deep-fried tostones and there is no fish, whole grain, olive oil greens or leafy vegetable presence.
Every item — tostones, refried beans, guacamole, avocado salad, tomatoes and corn — is fully plant-based, so this plate is squarely vegan.
Carnivore excludes all plant foods, and this plate is 100% plants (plantains, beans, avocado, tomato, corn), making it a categorical rejection.
Paleo forbids legumes and corn, and refried beans plus corn together are 27% of the plate; fried plantains in refined oil compound the mismatch.
Tostones and corn are high-starch and refried beans add more carbs — roughly 35%+ of the plate is starch-dominant, far above keto's carb ceiling despite the avocado fat.
Refried beans and avocado in guacamole/salad portions this large are high-FODMAP (galactans and polyols), and corn in meaningful amounts adds more FODMAP load.
Whole30 explicitly bans legumes and corn, and refried beans plus corn are both present; deep-fried plantains in seed oils would also typically be disallowed.
Carb load from tostones, beans and corn heavily outweighs protein — there is essentially no protein source on the plate — so the 40/30/30 balance is badly skewed.
Avocado, tomato and beans bring fiber, polyphenols and healthy fats, but deep-fried plantains typically cooked in refined oils are a pro-inflammatory counterweight.
Fiber from beans, avocado and vegetables supports satiety, but there is no protein source and a large fried-starch portion makes this too carb-and-fat heavy for a typical GLP-1 protein-forward plate.
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~20% 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 salad~22% 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~7% 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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