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
- Paleo2.5
- Keto2.0
- Low-FODMAP2.0
- Whole301.0
- Zone4.5
- Anti-Inflammatory5.8
- GLP-15.5
Plenty of plant foods, potassium-rich avocado, tomatoes and beans fit DASH well, but the plate is dominated by fried tostones and refried beans (often cooked in added fat), which pulls the score down.
Avocado, tomatoes and legumes align with Mediterranean patterns, but the meal leans heavily on fried plantains and lacks olive oil, whole grains, fish or leafy greens central to the diet.
Every item on this plate — tostones, beans, guacamole, avocado salad, tomatoes and corn — is fully plant-based with no animal products.
Carnivore excludes all plant foods, and this plate is 100% plants — plantains, beans, avocado, tomatoes and corn are all forbidden.
Paleo excludes legumes and corn, and the plate is nearly 25% refried beans and corn combined; fried plantains in refined oil are also off-plan despite the avocado and tomatoes being compliant.
Tostones, refried beans and corn together make up over half the plate and are all high-carb, blowing past keto's carb ceiling despite the fats from guacamole and avocado.
Refried beans and avocado in guacamole/salad portions this large are high-FODMAP (GOS and sorbitol), and corn in more than small servings is also problematic — a difficult plate for FODMAP sensitivity.
Whole30 explicitly bans all legumes (refried beans) and corn, and fried plantains typically use non-compliant seed oils — multiple hard exclusions on one plate.
The plate is carb-heavy from tostones, beans and corn with generous fat from guacamole and avocado but essentially no protein, breaking Zone's 40/30/30 macro balance.
Avocado, tomatoes and beans provide anti-inflammatory fats, lycopene and fiber, but deep-fried tostones and refried beans in added fat introduce pro-inflammatory cooking oils that offset the benefits.
Fiber from beans, avocado and vegetables supports satiety, but the plate is starch- and fat-dense with no lean protein, which is the macronutrient GLP-1 users are typically told to prioritize.
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 salad~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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