Food Combining

(Sorry for the long wait guys, but heres an article I wrote on proper food combining.. enjoy..)

The reason for proper combining:
To make digestion easier and more efficient! Most protein foods require an acid digestion environment for proper digestion; whereas most carbohydrates digest properly in alkaline medium.
Therefore, if we are going to eat more than one food at a meal, we can greatly improve digestion, and avoid indigestion, by eating foods that will require the same gastric juices for digestion and are compatible. Proper combining leads to good digestion and better health. “The simpler the meal the better you feel.”

Proteins
Protein foods are those that contain a high percentage of protein in their makeup. Most protein foods require acid digestive medium. Chiefs among these are the following:
Nuts, seeds
Dry peas (combined as starches)
Soy beans
Peanuts
All fresh foods
Eggs
Cheese* and other dairy products*
Margarine*
Olives
Avocados
*These are not recommended, but are included for clarity.

Carbohydrates
The carbohydrates are the starches and sugars. These we break here distinct groups in the following classifications: Starches, Sugars and Sweet Fruits.

Starches
All Cereals
Sugars
Dry Beans (except Soy Beans)
Pure Maple Syrup*
Dry Peas
Pure Honey
Potatoes
Mildly Starchy
Yams
Carrots
Chestnuts
Rutabaga
Squash
Beets
Pumpkin
Artichokes
Corn
Parsnips
Coconut
Sweet Fruits
Bananas
Prunes
Dates
Persimmons
Figs
Dried Fruits
Raisins

*These foods are not recommended.

1. Avoid eating Carbohydrates with acid fruits

2. Avoid eating concentrated proteins with concentrated carbohydrates

3. Do not consume two concentrated proteins at the same meal.
Two concentrated proteins of different character and composition, such as nuts and cheese should not be combined. Gastric acidity, type, strength and timing secretions for various proteins is not uniform. Since concentrated protein is more difficult to digest than other food elements, incompatible combinations of two different concentrated proteins should be avoided.

4. Do not consume fats with proteins.
Our need for concentrated fat is small and most protein foods already contain a good deal of fat. Fat has an inhibiting effect on digestive secretions and lessens the mount and activity of pepsin and hydrochloric acid necessary for the digestion of protein. Fat may lower the entire digestive tone more than 50%.

5. Use fats sparingly.
Fat inhibits the secretion of gastric juice. Except with avocados, fats used with starch delay the passage of the starch.