| "You Are What You Eat". Do you agree with this | | | | well as carbohydrate. |
| statement? | | | | 3. Eat Carbohydrate Alone Or With Vegetables |
| I do not really agree. It is not only what we eat, | | | | The same as protein, carbohydrates should be |
| but what we're able to digest and assimilate that | | | | eaten alone or with steamed vegetables or salads |
| adds to our health, strength, energy and vitality. | | | | for optimum digestion. |
| Thus I like it better this way - "You Are What | | | | 4. Eat Fruit Alone |
| You Can Digest". | | | | Fruit is a very simple food and a powerful |
| I would like to share 5 Simple Food-Combining | | | | detoxifier. It contains sugars that are ready for |
| Rules that can help in planning and preparing a | | | | the body to use and has the highest water |
| healthy meal. | | | | content of all foods. As fruits undergo almost no |
| 1. Eat Protein Food & Carbohydrate Food at | | | | digestion in the stomach, this is why it should be |
| Separate Meal | | | | eaten alone. The nutrients from fruits will be |
| Protein food and carbohydrate food require | | | | absorbed quickly through the walls of our small |
| different digestive juices in order to be properly | | | | intestine and colon. Fruits will be held up if |
| broken down and appropriated by the body. | | | | combined with other foods that need digestion in |
| Protein requires an acid environment for digestion, | | | | the stomach. This will cause the sugar in fruit to |
| whereas carbohydrate requires an alkaline | | | | ferment and cause bloating and gas in the |
| environment for digestion. It is a fact in chemistry | | | | stomach. No healthy cell can be built from |
| that alkalies and acids neutralize each other. So | | | | fermentation. |
| when protein and starches are combined (such as | | | | If fruit is eaten alone on empty stomach, it will |
| meat and a piece of bread or a potato), the acid | | | | have the effect of washing and cleansing our |
| and alkaline digestive juices neutralize each other. | | | | digestive tract leaving it more capable of |
| The protein will putrefy and the carbohydrate will | | | | absorbing nutrients. The fibers in fruits also help to |
| ferment. Imagine this, the meat rot and decay, | | | | lower cholesterol in the blood. Allow at least 2-3 |
| and the bread and potato ferment in the | | | | hours before eating fruits after a meal. |
| stomach. All these decaying food are held up in | | | | 5. Fluids Should Not Be Consumed Along With or |
| the stomach, causing gas and discomfort. More | | | | After Meal |
| importantly, the nutrients needed to rejuvenate | | | | If you drink water, soup, tea or any other |
| and replenish our cells are destroyed in the | | | | beverages along with your meal, they wash many |
| decaying and fermenting process. That is the | | | | of the digestive juices from the stomach and the |
| reason why so many people nowadays actually | | | | remaining juices are very diluted, this hinders food |
| look older than they are, as this dietary cycle will | | | | from being properly digested. Drink at least half |
| eventually leads to premature aging and illness! | | | | an hour before or after a meal. |
| 2. Eat Protein Alone Or With Vegetables | | | | If we are eating food and vegetables prepared |
| Proteins should be eaten alone or with steamed | | | | the natural way, we should not feel thirsty after |
| vegetables or salads for optimum digestion. | | | | our meal as the food itself will provide us with |
| Vegetables are high water content foods and are | | | | plenty of fluids. However, if you are feeling thirsty |
| relatively easy to digest. They can be broken | | | | after a meal, you may be using too much salt or |
| down in either an acid or alkaline environment. | | | | seasoning in your cooking! |
| Thus, vegetables can be combined with protein as | | | | |