You Should Have An Outline For Mixing Your Foods.

Had things been left untampered with as nature intended, you wouldn’t have had to be reading this article as food combinations probably won't even exist.

But these days, going back to that simplicity of eating one kind of fresh organic fruit, when in season as a meal is very difficult in our complicated world.

Hence the creation of some outlines for mixing foods properly.

The most common places where you can find such outlines could be in the form of charts and they show which foods combine best and worst to improve your health.

After an analysis of what we consume on a daily basis, it becomes apparent that proteins, starches, vegetables, fruits and fats are the primary foods that we eat.

However, each of these foods requires different enzymes for digestion. The stomach cannot separate foods that require different digestive juices when items from different groups are combined all at once.

This creates indigestion which results in excessive gas, diarrhea and/or constipation.

Food combining is essential in the restoration of health; therefore, simplicity of a meal should be the goal when eating for health.

Such an approach will include first and foremost, correct food mixing , consuming the right quantity at a time and eating only when truly hungry.

These factors considered, let's go over some basic rules and components of proper food combining to make our own self-made chart.

Items (when eating for health) can be classified as follows.

-Fruit-

1. Sweet Fruits: Tropical fruits, Bananas, Mangoes, Papaya, Dates, Dried fruits, Sweet apples.
2. Acid Fruit: Citrus, Lemon, Tomatoes, Berries, Pineapples.
3. Sub-Acid Fruit: Most tart apples, Pears, Grapes,
4. Melons: Cantaloupe, Honey-Dew, Water Melon etc
5. Fatty: Avocadoes, Olives, Durian, Young coconuts

-Nuts and Seeds-

Non-Starchy Foods-

Green leaves, Carrots, Fruit Vegetables e.g. Cucumber, Bell Peppers, Zucchini

Starchy Foods-
Cooked Vegetables (roots), Grains (if necessary)

Lettuce and Celery:

At this point, let’s go over the principles of mixing these items properly.

1. Eat sweet fruits with other varieties of sweet fruits only.
They may combine with sub-acid fruits

2. Eat Acid fruits alone or with Lettuce and Celery. In little quantities they may combine with Avocadoes or Nuts and Non-Starchy vegetables.

3. Avocadoes and Olives are best eaten with non-starchy vegetables. I believe mashed, avocadoes combine great with boiled potatoes.

4. Melons, as a rule eat alone or leave alone.

In addition, further research on the use of a food mixing outline as depicted in some publications show indicate the following components as well.

# Eat only one type of protein at a meal.
# Eat nuts and seeds with leafy greens, zucchini, yellow or summer squash.
# Eat celery and lettuce with all vegetables or fruit except melons.

So, in the absence of a ‘physical chart’ that could be hanging in your kitchen wall to remind you of such steps for mixing your foods the right way, do see to it that these tips are kept in mind to equip you with the know-how needed to combine your meals properly.

Or you could just eat a mono-meal of fruit…hey, it’s less expensive, quicker to make and easiest of all to consume.

To Health

Aje

By: Foras Aje

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