food guidelines

[Guest guest]

Robyn has some good guidelines on food combining in her post. I would

like to add a couple of things and expand it to food guidelines.

There is a saying that goes " Eat melons alone or leave them alone. "

All these food go through the digestive tract at differnet rates

including different types of melons so it is best to eat cantalopes at

one meal and watermelon at another meal. If you do eat all different

foods at once then it is best to eat the lighter ones like fruits

first and the heavier ones laterbut there are exceptions Sometimes

certain foods can act to help digest other food, especially after a

big meal. An apple after a large meal may help digestion.

 

* Divide the stomach into 3 parts - one part food (about the size of

your fist), one part water and one part air.

* Wait at least 2 hours after a meal to eat again and best to wait 4

hours.

* Eat with the daylight. Eat between dawn and dusk. Since the sun is

highest at noon, the digestive fire should be highest and this should

be the largest meal.

* Don't eat late at night. It is best not to eat after 4-6PM. Awhile

ago, there was a discussion on weight calories. Calories are a huge

reason for weight gain. However, if people eat late, the food does

not digest and it turns into toxins and fat.

* Drink water lukewarm or warmer. Cold things make the digestive

system work harder. People with allergies may be specially aware

since cold things are harder to digest. Something like ice cream at

night is deadly for allergy sufferers and gaining weight. The

combination of cold, fat and sugar and protein are a recipe for

undigested food promoting mucous.

* EAt with the seasons. Eat lighter foods in summer and in season foods.

 

GB

, Robyn Schrager

<bwayaslchef wrote:

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> When Fit For Life was published a really long time ago, I followed

the diet, and it worked great. Basically you only eat fruit on an

empty stomach, and eat vegetables with dairy, or vegetables with

grains/starch, or vegetables with flesh, but not all together. Really

it's just a sensible diet rich in fruits, vegetables and grains, but

with a gimmick. HOWEVER, one of the things they said in the book was

how fast food takes to move from the stomach, thus not putrifying.

According to them fruit leaves the stomach within an hour. Well, I

went on an airplane ride 3 hours after consuming only fruit, got air

sick, and threw up my strawberries and kiwis, so that argument holds

no water in my book.