RULES OF FOOD COMBINING

RULES OF FOOD COMBINING

FOOD CATEGORIES

PROTEINS
Meat, Fish, Foul, Avocado, Beans, Cerals, Nuts, Unhulled Sesame Seeds,Pumpkin Seeds, Flax Seeds

FERMENTED FOODS
Sauerkraut, any fermented Vegetables, fermented Soy – Tempeh, etc.

DENSE STARCHES & STARCHY VEGETABLES 
Artichokes, Beets, Beans, Peas, Yams, Carrots, Corn, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Jicama, Sweet Potato, Hubbard Squash, Winter Squash, Banana Squash

LOW STARCH GREEN VEGETABLES & SPROUTS
Asparagus, Bell Pepper, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Celery,Chard, Chicory, Chives, Collards, Raw Corn, Cucumber, Endive, Escarole,Garlic, Green beans, Kale, Leek, Lettuce, Onions, Parsley, Radish, Rhubarb,Spinach, Summer Squash, Swiss Chard, Tomato, Tomatillos, Turnip, Turnip Greens, Watercress, Zucchini

ACID FRUITS
Grapefruit, Orange, Lemon, Lime, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Sour Grapes,Cranberries, Sour Peach & Plum, Sour Apple, Sour Cherries, Strawberries

SUB-ACID FRUITS
Sweet Cherries, Sweet Apple, Sweet Berries, Apricot, Papaya, Pear, Mango,Sweet Peach, Sweet Plum

SWEET FRUITS
Banana, Dates & Figs, Persimmon, Prunes, Sweet Grapes, All Dried Fruit

As important as it is to make the right food choices, beyond organic, raw and free range… you will want to ask yourself if are you a protein, carb or mixed nutritional type, as your selections as well as eating your foods in the right order may be equally as important! Over 2000 years ago the Roman philosopher Lucretius observed the profound truth that “What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.”

So now we can talk food combining for your type.  

1. Do not eat proteins and starches together. Your body requires an acid base to digest proteins and an alkaline base to digest starches. Proteins and starches combine well with green, leafy vegetables and non-starchy vegetables, but they do not combine well with each other.
2. Generally fruits should be eaten alone or with other fruits. If fruits seem too sweet, then eat a handful of nuts (80% fruit, 20% nuts). Fruits digest so quickly that by the time they reach your stomach, they are already partially digested. If they arc combined with other foods, they will rot and ferment.
3. Melons digest faster than any other food. Therefore, you should never eat melons with any other food including other fruits. Always eat melons on their own.
4. Do not mix acid and/or sub-acid fruits with sweet fruits at the same meal. Acid fruits, such as grapefruits, pineapple, and strawberries, can be mixed with sub-acid fruits, such as apples, grapes, and peaches, but neither of these categories can be mixed with sweet fruits, such as bananas, dates, or raisins.
5. Eat only four to six different fruits or vegetables at one meal.
6. Fats and oils combine with everything (except fruits) but should be used in limited amounts because while they won’t inhibit digestion, they will slow it down.
7. Wait the following lengths of time between meals that don’t combine:
a. Two hours after eating fruit.
b. Three hours after eating starches.
c. Four hours after eating proteins.
8. Eat slowly chewing your food thoroughly.
9.Only take suplements right  for your nutrietional type.
10.Consume  your most metabolically important food first.

“FIX IT” FOR FOOD COMBINING

• If you eat PROTEIN and STARCH during the same meal, eat some legumes.
• If you eat NUTS, eat an acid fruit with them.
• If you still eat DAIRY, make sure to eat an acid fruit.
• If youove overloaded on PASTA, eat an apple the next morning.
• If you’ve eaten too much PROTEIN, eat papaya the next morning.
• If you’ve, eaten too much SUGAR, eat grapes the next morning.
• If you’ve eaten too much SALT, eat watermelon the next morning.