Intro to Proper Food Combining

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What I know about proper food combining is a drop in the bucket

compared to those who really devote themselves to the study. But I've

seen some recipes on web sites for vegetarians that while sounding

good, made me cringe from a food combining point of view.

 

I'm not an absolute purist, but there are some basic rules to be

followed if one wants to get the most out of food.

 

I will mix sweet and sub-acid fruit (Oh, NO!). I'll eat melon with

other fruits (Oh, me! Oh, my!) but I'll eat the melon first.

 

I'll put some raisins in my rice pudding made with rice drink or in

my carrot cake.

 

But there are some things I won't do:

 

I'll *never* cook fresh fruit (except tomatoes very rarely).

 

I'll never eat canned fruit or drink canned juices.

 

I'll never mix carbs and proteins. Carbs and hard cheese is

*extremely* hard to digest.

 

There are some things I will always do if I goof up:

 

If I use tomato sauce once in awhile (tomato is a fruit, not a veg

and so gets very acidic when cooked, like every other fruit) I'll

always eat salad or drink veg juice, which are alkaline, to balance

by pH. This is a must.

 

If I eat protein I'll always eat salad with it.

 

I'll never eat fresh fruit with anything. I wait 1/2 hr. after

eating fresh fruit to eat anything else, and 4-6 hours after eating

anything else, properly combined, to eat fruit again. If a meal is

not properly combined one has to wait a min of 8 hrs. to eat fresh

fruit again - or the whole lot rots in the gut.

 

I'll never mix two proteins. The body can't handle it. The body is

designed to digest one protein at a time.

 

Those are the basics.

 

There are plenty of sites about proper food combining on line.

 

These two are good intros:

 

http://www.organichealthandbeauty.com/heartburn.html

 

http://www.organichealthandbeauty.com/foodsthatheal.html

 

Also, read Harvey and Marilyn Diamond's books Fit for Life and Fit

for Life II. Work by Dr. Shelton, Harvey Diamond's teacher is on the

net.

 

Doreen