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Proper Food Combining
Healthy Eating |
- *Do not eat fruit with any other food*
- *Protein and carbohydrate food should never be combined*
- *A leafy green salad should be eaten with any protein or carbohydrate
or fat*
Fats inhibit the digestion of protein. If you must have fat with a protein,
eat a mixed vegetable salad, which will offset the inhibiting affect
upon digestion.
- You should never drink liquids with or immediately following a meal.
- For a handy reference see the Food Combining Chart.
Helpful hints and how it works:
- There are three basic types of food: Concentrated foods (proteins
and carbohydrates), high in water content foods (fruits and vegetables)
and fats.
- Proteins are the most complex (concentrated) food and require the
most time and energy to digest and assimilate.
- Fruit is the least complex (high water content) food and takes the
least amount of time and energy to digest and assimilate. It can be
eaten right before, but not after, any other food. After a meal you
must wait at least 3 hours before eating more fruit. Sweet fruits should
not be eaten right before a meal.
- All foods that are eaten have to be broken down into a form of sugar.
- Glucose (sugar) is the brains only food. It cannot burn protein or
fat.
- All fruit, except for bananas, dried fruit and avocados, pass directly
through the stomach and digest in the intestines.
- Medical scientists and nutritionists have erroneously classified ALL
sugars, including fruit, as carbohydrates. Fruit may be classified as
a carbohydrate, but its makeup is so entirely different that it MUST
be thought of as a separate grouping. It is best to classify fruit as
a sugar. The classification of fruit as a carbohydrate and the subsequent
consumption of fruit along with proteins and carbohydrates have probably
led to more digestive difficulties than any other dietary habit.
- In the digestive system the process to break down proteins, carbohydrates
and fruit are entirely different, requiring different secretions. Therefore,
to insure the most efficient digestion possible, these three foods should
not be consumed simultaneously.
- If a protein is eaten with a carbohydrate, such as meat and a piece
of bread or a potato, the different digestive juices in contact with
each other will nullify each other’s effectiveness. The protein
will putrefy and the carbohydrate will ferment. The result is gas and
flatulence in the system.
- .If a protein is eaten with a sugar, such as nuts with raisins, the
protein will putrefy, and the sugar will ferment. The result is gas
and flatulence in the system.
- When a carbohydrate is eaten with a sugar, such as a cooked grain
cereal with apple or banana, the carbohydrate and the sugar will both
ferment. The result is gas and flatulence in the system.
- No healthy cell structure can be built from fermentation or putrefaction.
- Proteins (concentrated foods) should be eaten with steamed vegetables
and /or salads (high water content foods) for optimum digestion.
- Carbohydrates (concentrated foods) should be eaten with steamed vegetables
and /or salads (high water content foods) for optimum digestion.
- If fruit is eaten alone on an empty stomach, it will have the effect
of washing and cleansing the digestive tract leaving it more capable
of absorbing nutrition.
- NEVER eat cooked spinach. Spinach contains oxalic acid, which assists
in the peristaltic actions of the digestive system. That is the constant
wave motion that keeps foodstuff moving through it. When cooked, oxalic
acid forms acid crystals in the kidneys, and its beneficial properties
are lost. Always eat spinach raw.
- Tomatoes are an acid fruit, but in the digestive tract they are extremely
alkaline, helping neutralize acid build-ups in the body. When tomatoes
are cooked, they are highly acid forming and damaging to the internal
organs. They are a prime factor in the high incidences of ulcers in
this country, and severely aggravate an existing ulcer. If you must
have cooked tomatoes, i.e., Spaghetti sauce, be certain that a large
green salad is eaten with it to offset its damaging effects. For the
highest level of health, tomatoes should NEVER be eaten cooked.
- Fluids should not be consumed along with or after a meal because they
wash many of the digestive juices from the stomach. The remaining juices
are severely diluted. This forces the body to secrete more digestive
juices immediately, unnecessarily usurping energy.
- Dairy products are highly mucous forming and difficult to digest.
They do not combine well with anything. If they are eaten, they should
be accompanied with a salad.
- By adhering to the rules of proper food combining, the digestive system
is worked less, thereby conserving energy that can be utilized elsewhere
in the body. The body can use the conserved energy for the cleansing
of accumulated toxic waste.
- Improper food combing is one of the main reasons why so many people
have an excess weight problem. The energy necessary to break down and
eliminate the excesses is constantly being used by the digestive system.
There is simply not enough energy at the body’s disposal to carry
out the functions of digestion AND eliminate unwanted excess, unless
the burdens put on the digestive processes are decreased.
- Ignore fad weight loss schemes and standardized height and weight
charts based on averages from an unhealthy population. The critical
point to remember is that when you are on a healthful, vital diet, your
body will automatically go to your most optimum body weight and will
remain there.
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