Food Combining

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Printed version: 1700 words

• Introduction
• Two Principles of Food Combining
• The Four Golden Rules
• Enzymes
• Ideal Diet
• Digestive System
• Fasting
• Shopping List
• Recreational Food
• Food Combinations
• Fruits
• Bad Combinations & Good Combinations
• Kitchen Supplies
• Monolithic Eating
• Digestion Times
• Food Plan for Two Days
  

• Eating a diet of raw and living food can improve health, slow ageing, improve mental clarity, and strengthen overall immune function

• One goal is to nourish with the most nutrient-dense, easily digestible foods, allowing quick absorption of nutrients and efficient elimination of waste

• Do not neutralize your digestive fluids by eating protein and starch dominant foods at the same time

• Do not eat food that digests slowly before eating food that digests quickly

• Never Eat Protein-Dominant Foods and Starchy Carbohydrate-Dominant Foods in the Same Meal

• Never Eat Fruits & Vegetables in the Same Meal

• Consume Only Truly Ripe Fruit and Only When In Full Health

• Eat Melons Alone (Or Only with Other Melons)

Recipes are included in the full guide

Breakfast:

• Hippocrates’ Green Drink

• Melon Blend

• Chia Porridge

• Chia Gel

Lunch:

• Leafy Avocado Salad

• Almost Tuna Salad

• Creamy Zucchini Soup

Dinner:

• Butternut Squash Soup

• Rye Crisps

• Collard Wraps

• Sprouted Raw Veggie Hummus

• Digestive enzymes help to break down molecular bonds in food, aiding in digestion

• Raw, living foods contain enzymes that can be utilized for digestion; this reduces the need for the body’s production of digestive enzymes

• The ideal diet consists of 80% Alkaline and 20% Acidic foods

• A list of alkaline-forming foods and acid-forming foods are provided in the full guide

• Fasting is an effective way to rest the digestive system and reset eating patterns; if poor combining has been practised, fasting can help normalize the system again

• Although many people fast with only water, fasting with liquid nourishment is recommended

• Consume at least two quarts of water (eight 8-ounce glasses) during the day

• The last drink of the fasting day should be at least 3 hrs before retiring; this will minimize bathroom visits during the night

• One-day fasts can be safely done once a week to cleanse the body, mind, and spirit

• Research shows that you can add 20 yrs to your life if you fast one day per week

• The full guide provides tips on what to expect during a fast, and what to do afterwards

• Breakfast: 1 quart water with half a lemon squeezed into it , 1-2 oz. wheatgrass juice, cucumber or watermelon juice. If using fruit juice, dilute 1 part juice with 4 parts water

• Between Breakfast and Lunch: Purified water and lemon-water or herbal tea as often as needed

• Lunch: Green drink or vegetable juices Between Lunch and Dinner: Purified water and lemon-water or herbal tea as often as needed

• Dinner: Green drink or vegetable juices (try not to drink after this "meal")

• Full guide includes recipe for Green Drink

At least 60% of your food intake should come from this list. The laminated guide provides this as a shopping list which you can write on with a dry erase marker:

Salad Greens

• arugula

• bok choy

• collard greens

• chicory

• dandelion

• fresh herbs

• garlic greens

• kale

• lettuces

• mustard greens

• scallions

• spinach

• swiss chard

• turnip greens

• watercress

• Sprouts &

• Baby Green

• adzuki

• alfalfa

• buckwheat lettuce

• clover

• fenugreek

• garbanzo

• garlic

• lentils

• mung bean

• mustard

• onions

• pea greens

• radishes

• sprouted bean mix

• sunflower greens

• wheatgrass

Roots & Tubers

• beets

• burdock root

• carrots

• daikon radishes

• garlic

• ginger

• leeks

• onions

• parsnips

• red radishes

• rutabagas

• sweet potatoes

• turnips

• yams

Vegetables

• asparagus

• bell peppers

• (not green)

• broccoli

• cabbage

• cauliflower

• celery

• corn

• cucumbers

• green beans

• mushrooms

• peas

• summer squashes

• winter squashes

• zucchini

Nuts & Seeds

• almonds

• Brazil nuts

• chia seeds

• hemp seeds

• pecans

• pumpkin seeds

• sesame seeds

• sunflower seeds

• walnuts

Note: Use sparingly

Dried Sea Vegetables

• alaria

• arame

• dulse

• hijiki

• kelp

• nori

• wakame

Less than 15% of your food intake should come from ripe fruit. The full guide contains a list of the best fruits to consume, the ones to consume occasionally, and the fruits to avoid.

• Recreational foods are foods that one eats to support memories and emotions

• The full guide contains a list of foods that, while not ideal, are better than items normally consumed by the average American

• They should not make up more than 10% of your daily diet

Bad Combinations

• Fruit and starch

• Fruit and vegetable

• Fruit and protein

• Starch and protein

• Starch and avocado

• Avocado and protein

Good Combinations

• Protein, sprouts, and vegetables

• Starch, sprouts, and vegetables

• Avocado and greens

• Avocado and acid or sub-acid fruit

• Avocado and vegetables

Quickly reference how long to wait between eating different foods. Our full guide contains a quick reference list of foods broken down into groups with associated digestion times.

• Do not eat starchy carbohydrates with any acids, fruit, or protein dominant foods

• Fruits and vegetables do not mix

• All greens mix well together; however, the fewer ingredients, the better

• Avoid drinking with your meals

• Eat raw food before any cooked food

• Do not mix acid fruits with sweet fruits