Wise Up and Stop Eating Your Muscles for Fuel

[Guest guest]

As sugar is carbohydrate it breaks down in the mouth first and then in

the duodenum (first part of intestine). Protein breaks down in the

stomach. If you eat a diet heavy in protein, the sugar sits in the

stomach whilst the protein is being broken down. Only when the protein

is broken down do the sugars move on to the intestine.

So it is possible to have fruit/sugar fermenting in the stomach whilst

it is waiting for the protein to be processed.

, Alobar <Alobar

wrote:

>

> I have heard of that. I have even known some who preactice it. But I

> consider it bunk pseudo-science.

>

> Alobar

>

> On 11/22/08, drmoratto <drmoratto wrote:

> > There is a school of thought that says that fruit should be eaten

alone

> > because it passes faster than everything else and when eaten with

other

> > stuff it stays in the stomach and rot. Do you know what I am talking

> > about? There is a name for it.

> >

> > Maria

> >

> > , Alobar <Alobar@>

> > wrote:

> > >

> > > How does if follow that " it must be true " ? I used to mix fruit and

> > > protein all the time before I became diabetic and had to stop eating

> > > fruit, and I am also still alive. But that does not " prove "

that the

> > > admonition not to mix fruit and protein is false.

> > >

> > > Alobar

>

[Guest guest]

Not much in the way of living bacteria or yeast in the stomach to

ferment anything. Stomach acid takes care of that. And it is not

like food sits in the stomach for days. More like an hour or two

unless one grossly overeats.

 

Alobar

 

On 11/27/08, deborah_j_thorpe <deborah_j_thorpe wrote:

> As sugar is carbohydrate it breaks down in the mouth first and then in

> the duodenum (first part of intestine). Protein breaks down in the

> stomach. If you eat a diet heavy in protein, the sugar sits in the

> stomach whilst the protein is being broken down. Only when the protein

> is broken down do the sugars move on to the intestine.

> So it is possible to have fruit/sugar fermenting in the stomach whilst

> it is waiting for the protein to be processed.

[Guest guest]

Do what works for you, of course. But extrapolating from a small

group to all humans can lead to very strange dietary " rules "

 

There are many people with various digestion problems. For example,

I do not handle dietary oxalates well. So I do not eat any high

oxalate foods (like spinach). But it would not be valid for me to

extrapolate from me to all others. So I do not say that everyone

needs to avoid spinach.

 

Alobar

 

 

 

On 11/26/08, April Robinson <honeydanish wrote:

> As a practitioner of this " pseudo-science " (actually a form of prudent food

combining), I can tell you for a fact that there is something to the idea. Yes,

as fruit does break down so quickly, it can ferment while other foods like

proteins are still digesting. In our family, it is a surefire way to cause gas

and other unpleasant sensations. Complete proteins such as legumes are another

matter, and fresh fruit with nuts is a nice breakfast for us. Animal proteins

are not (though we are not vegetarians.)

>

> It's really not that revolutionary a concept.

[Guest guest]

Maria,

I showed your post to a friend who asked me to pass this back to you.

 

Alobar

 

Tell Maria to eat a tiny piece (about the width and length of your

thumb) of the whole peel (white part included) of the orange after she

finishes her oranges. Yes it is bitter but the mucus will be resolved.

Tangerine peel works even better. She could also just be allergic/or

just sensitive to oranges too.

 

Re food combining in general:

I always say try it and see what works for you. I do find some items

wholly incompatible for my digestion such as a traditional american

sandwich with white bread, meat, cheese, vegetable, and fruit (tomato)

just make a lumpy mucus ball in my stomach. Dairy with just about

anything is incompatible for me as well as tomatoes. Some people can

eat this stuff just fine though. When i am sick, I find food combining

more useful than when i am not. So i'm not sold on it as a way of life

but i find the principles sometimes useful.

 

 

 

On 12/1/08, drmoratto <drmoratto wrote:

> This is an interesting topic because for quite a while I have not

> been able to digest food. I ahve reflux sometimes, but mostly, the

> food burns and doesn't digest, unless I eat my papaya enzine soon

> after eating.

>

> Well, the other day I decide to eat oranges after my meal and for the

> first time in many months I didn't have problems with the food in my

> stomach. Needless to say that I am now eating oranges after every

> meal, though the side effect is not pretty: a lot of mucous.

>

> Go figure.

>

> Maria

>

> , Alobar

> <Alobar wrote:

> >

> > Not much in the way of living bacteria or yeast in the stomach to

> > ferment anything. Stomach acid takes care of that. And it is not

> > like food sits in the stomach for days. More like an hour or two

> > unless one grossly overeats.

> >

> > Alobar

> >

> > On 11/27/08, deborah_j_thorpe <deborah_j_thorpe wrote:

> > > As sugar is carbohydrate it breaks down in the mouth first and

> then in

> > > the duodenum (first part of intestine). Protein breaks down in the

> > > stomach. If you eat a diet heavy in protein, the sugar sits in

> the

> > > stomach whilst the protein is being broken down. Only when the

> protein

> > > is broken down do the sugars move on to the intestine.

> > > So it is possible to have fruit/sugar fermenting in the stomach

> whilst

> > > it is waiting for the protein to be processed.