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
Plant-forward with beans, avocado, tomatoes and corn provides potassium and fiber that DASH favors, but the ~28% share of fried tostones adds refined starch and cooking oil that pull the score down.
Avocado, tomatoes and legumes align with Mediterranean patterns, but the plate lacks fish, whole grains, olive oil-based preparation and greens, and the largest component is deep-fried plantain.
Every item on the plate is fully plant-based with no animal products, making this an essentially perfect fit for vegan principles.
Carnivore excludes all plant foods, and this plate is 100% plants — plantains, beans, avocado, tomatoes and corn — so it is categorically disqualified.
Paleo forbids the two largest categories here: legumes (refried beans) and corn, and the tostones are a starchy fried food, leaving only the avocado and tomatoes as compliant.
With tostones, refried beans and corn making up over half the plate, the carbohydrate load is far too high for ketosis despite the fat contribution from avocado and guacamole.
Refried beans and guacamole (typically with garlic/onion) are high-FODMAP, avocado in this quantity exceeds the threshold, and corn adds more FODMAPs — a difficult plate for this protocol.
Legumes and corn are explicitly disallowed on Whole30, and refried beans typically contain non-compliant oils, so this plate fails multiple hard rules.
Carbs from plantains, beans and corn dominate while protein is essentially absent, throwing off the 40/30/30 macro balance Zone requires despite generous fats from avocado.
Avocado, tomatoes and beans provide antioxidants and fiber that reduce inflammation, but deep-fried plantains in refined oil work against the framework's core principle.
Fiber from beans, avocado and vegetables supports satiety helpful on GLP-1, but protein is missing and the fried starchy plantains are calorie-dense and can be hard to tolerate.
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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