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CHAPTER 5: THE CHEMICAL BODY
TRY COMBINING FOODS
One diet modification that is highly effective for most
people is based on the concept of food combinations. Certain
foods, when mixed together, have positive effects on the body
because they aid digestion, while other combinations can slow
digestion and thereby deprive the body of energy needed to
perform daily functions. Two books that I highly recommend
are Harvey Diamond's Fit for Life and Dr. Jonn
Matsen's
Eating Alive. The former offers an in-depth explanation of the concept
of food combining, while the latter is excellent for lay people who want to
understand the physiological process of digestion and how to cleanse the body.
Food combining theory is based on the principle that different foods require
different lengths of time to digest, and therefore should not be consumed
together if one is aiming toward optimal health and digestion. Protein takes the
longest of all foods to digest, and a steak can take many hours. Fruits, on the
other hand, digest very quickly, often in a matter of minutes. When fruits and
steak are eaten together they create indigestion because meat requires an enzyme
called pepsin to digest it properly, and most fruit acids destroy this enzyme.
When consumed with meat, the fruit starts to ferment, causing gas and acid
indigestion. There are many good books on the subject and they are worth
reading.
The diagram below is a food combining chart to show positive and negative
combinations.
click on chart to view an enlarged image
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