Repetition index — Tayibat system
How often should you eat each item? Complements the allowed & forbidden hub.
⏱️ Golden rule
Repetition index
How often to use each item on Tayibat — not every allowed food is for every day!
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Strictly forbidden
🟣
Sometimes — about once a month
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Weekly — once per week
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Daily — once per day
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Five essentials — flexible
⭐ <strong>Five essentials:</strong> Food item • Dates • Food item • Food item • Food item — may repeat in every meal.
🟢🟢 Five essentials — flexible 12 items
Rice, dates, natural fats, potatoes, natural sweetness — may repeat in meals
Whole wheat toast
Extra virgin olive oil
Natural country butter
White Egyptian rice
Natural cream and butter
Sweet potato
Natural country ghee
Sugar
Potatoes
Rice (basmati, Thai, white, brown)
Lurpak natural butter
Dates
🟢 Daily — once per day 7 items
Only once per day
Corn and sunflower oil
Natural honey
Nutella
Trusted Turkish coffee
Milk and dark chocolate
Ice cream
Avocado
🟡 Weekly — once per week 86 items
Fish once weekly; red meat on alternating days (max 3–4 days/week)
Natural tahini (sesame)
Fresh peeled strawberries
Fresh pomegranate with seeds
Veal / beef
Fresh grilled sardines
Natural thyme (zaatar)
Camel meat
Sea fish that eat fish only
Natural cane vinegar
Kalamata pickled olives
Beeswax
Grapes (black, red, green)
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Natural tahini (sesame)
Fresh peeled strawberries
Fresh pomegranate with seeds
Veal / beef
Fresh grilled sardines
Natural thyme (zaatar)
Camel meat
Sea fish that eat fish only
Natural cane vinegar
Kalamata pickled olives
Beeswax
Grapes (black, red, green)
Apple (peeled only)
Bananas
Fig, apricot, strawberry preserves
Cashew, walnut, almond, pistachio
Natural molasses (black honey)
Frankincense (olibanum)
Greek mastic
Grilled corn
Gouda cheese
Edam cheese
Natural mozzarella
Cheddar cheese
Roquefort cheese
Kashkaval cheese
Dark tahini halva
Dried fruit (dates, raisins, berries)
Natural preserves (grape, berry, cherry)
Pigeon / squab
Quail and migratory game birds
Canned juices (guava, grape, cherry, apricot)
Natural popcorn
Green tea
Cherries
Apricots and loquats
Lamb / mutton
Goat meat
Liver (except chicken)
Rabbit meat
Stuffed fried mumbār
Pumpkin / squash
Trusted Romano cheese
Emmental cheese
Processed triangle cheese
Cream cheese cups
Walnuts
Cashews
Pine nuts
Aleppo pistachios
Peanut brittle and sesame brittle
Basbousa (egg-free)
Potato chips
Pringles chips
Lay's chips
Orange (juice only)
Lemon
Mandarin (juice only)
Dove / pigeon meat
Beef
Buffalo meat
Black figs only
Berries
Pears (peeled)
Peaches (peeled)
Plums / tangerines (peeled)
Boiled corn
Plain minced meat (salt only)
Trotters / feet
Ketchup (all types)
Beef / buffalo luncheon meat
Mayonnaise (all types)
Jewels chocolate (except éclair)
Mushrooms
Eastern sausage (sujuk)
Beef kibbeh
Beef sausage
Beef deli slices
Hot dog (beef)
Burger (prefer butcher)
Avocado
Crab claws
Cooking cream for soup
Cherry tomatoes
Horned melon (kiwano)
Dom fruit
🟣 Sometimes — about once a month 8 items
Treats and occasion foods
Natural almonds (fresh green)
Dark chocolate (70%+)
Seedless guava
Stuffed zucchini, eggplant, peppers
Mango (juice only, not whole fruit)
Coconut
Okra
Feseekh / fermented fish
🔴 Strictly forbidden 64 items
Not in the plan — avoid completely
Chicken and poultry
Shrimp, cuttlefish, shellfish
Farm-raised fish (tilapia, bouri)
Eggs (all types)
Milk (all types)
White cheese and cottage cheese
White flour and derivatives
Pasta (all types and shapes)
Eastern sweets (kunafa, zalabia)
Soft drinks / cola / Pepsi
Energy drinks & artificial beverages
Black tea (all types)
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Chicken and poultry
Shrimp, cuttlefish, shellfish
Farm-raised fish (tilapia, bouri)
Eggs (all types)
Milk (all types)
White cheese and cottage cheese
White flour and derivatives
Pasta (all types and shapes)
Eastern sweets (kunafa, zalabia)
Soft drinks / cola / Pepsi
Energy drinks & artificial beverages
Black tea (all types)
Legumes (fava, lentils, chickpeas, beans)
Leafy greens (arugula, lettuce, parsley, celery, cilantro)
Leafy wraps (grape leaves, cabbage, chard, spinach)
Watermelon and cantaloupe
Orange, kiwi, lemon, papaya
Fresh juices & all salad types
Pasta (oat / lentil / wheat flour)
Corn & corn bread
Onion and garlic
Baladi bread
Shami bread
Syrian bread
French wine
Kaiser rolls
Paté pastry
Saj bread
Shams bread
Rice cakes
Couscous
Kahk (holiday cookies)
Mini petit fours
Goulash pastry
Rqaq pastry sheets
Pizza
Feteer (Egyptian pie)
Croissants
Labneh
White cheese
Cottage cheese
Powdered milk
Cucumber
Zucchini (as vegetable dish)
Carrots
Broccoli
Sautéed mixed vegetables
Psyllium husks
Flax seeds
Quinoa
Any seeds
Duck and goose
Turkey
Yogurt (all types)
Pomegranate molasses
Peanuts
Lupin beans (termis)
Tomato sauce / ketchup sauce
Turkey (processed)
Broad beans (fava)
Turkey breast / chicken
Corn flakes (all types)
Laban rayeb (fermented milk)
Rusks (biscocho)
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An educational guide for how often to eat each item: daily, weekly, sometimes, or forbidden.
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