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We don't know why he chose the ones he did, but he did write in P&I that he had tried all kinds of food and the ones he chose worked best. I've been to Italy and they grow and eat a lot of vegetables there. I can't imagine he didn't try the standard vegetables of broccoli, green beans, cauliflower and zucchini, so they must not have worked well enough for most people to be included. He does say you may eat the fruit and breadstick between meals, so you might try those for breakfast. The biggest problem with including foods not on the protocol is that you may find you can't stabilize after losing weight. It isn't just that you won't lose weight.