This can mean the difference between your body spending its energy on digesting or on

improving your muscular strength and energy level.

What is the best way to combine food?
Not combining it at all . . .
It is really most optimal to eat only one food type at a time.
Then wait an hour.
However, I know that is not always physically possible or most desirable.
Food tastes good together. And there is nothing like eating a dessert after a meal
whether it!s fruit or a chocolate covered something rather.
However, let me give you something to think about . . .
Why Focus on Food Combining?
"o you like to feel bloated and gassy#
$I saw you cringe and giggle when I said, %&A'()*
+kay, point made.
If you combine your food properly, you will have less $or even no* bloating, gas,
discomfort, stomach aches, constipation, diarrhea, headaches, and lethargy due to
indigestion or stomach discomfort.
'ound good to you#
,et me tell you, the only kind of gas I want is the type to fuel my car.
'o, if you could alleviate that problem, wouldn!t you do so#
-roper food combining with your vegan diet can help.
And, less digestive problems means your body can focus on healing your muscles after a
tough training session leaving you to do more while feeling great(
How to Combine Vegan Food for Optimal Digestion:
Food is divided into a couple of groups.
.elow you will see the different combining
groups.
After which you will find information about
how to combine them without disturbing
your digestion.
The Food roups:
!roteins/
coconut
nuts
seeds
soybeans
Fats and Oils/
avocado
nut oils
olive oils
safflower oil
soy oil
sesame oil
Carbohydrates/
beans
bread
cereals
grains
lentils
potatoes
pumpkin
split peas
s0uash $acorn, banana and hubbard*
"#$D$%&'tarchy Vegetables/
artichokes
beets
carrots
cauliflower
corn
peas
(O(&'tarchy Vegetables $High1water
content foods*/
asparagus
beet greens
broccoli
brussel sprouts
cabbage
celery
chard
chicory
collards
cucumber
dandelion
eggplant
endive
escarole
garlic
green beans
kale
kohlrabi
leeks
lettuce
onions
parsley
radishes
scallions
spinach
sprouts
s0uash
sweet pepper
'wiss chard
tomatoes
turnips
watercress
2ucchini
The Fruit Types:
)cid Fruit/
blackberry
grapefruit
lemon
lime
orange
pineapple
plum $sour*
pomegranate
raspberry
sour apple
strawberry
'ub&)cid Fruit/
apple
apricot
blueberry
cherry
kiwi
mango
papaya
peach
pear
plum $sweet*
'weet Fruit/
bananas
dates
currents
figs
all dried fruit
grapes
papaya
persimmon
prunes
raisins
"elon/
cantaloupe
honey dew
musk melon
watermelon
all other melon types and varieties
Directions for Food Combining:
3at the following foods together for the best food combining strategy/
Combination (umber *:
+ils 4 carbohydrates 4 Non1starchy
vegetables 4 5ildly1starchy vegetables 6
Individual break down:
7. +ils 4 carbohydrates6 &++"
8. +ils 4 Non1starchy vegetables6
OOD+ 39:3,,3NT
;. +ils 4 5ildly1starchy
vegetables639:3,,3NT
<. :arbohydrates 4 Non1starchy
vegetables6 39:3,,3NT
=. :arbohydrates 4 5ildly1starchy
vegetables6&++"
Combination (umber ,:
-rotein 4 Non1starchy vegetables 4 5ildly1
starchy vegetables6OOD+
Individual Break Down:
7. -rotein 4 Non1starchy
vegetables639:3,,3NT
8. -rotein 4 5ildly1starchy vegetables6
&++"
Combination (umber -:
Fruit4 Fruit 4 Fruit6 A,+N3,
39:3,,3NT
Individual Break Down:
7. Acid Fruit 4 'ub1Acid Fruit6
39:3,,3NT
8. 'weet Fruit 4 'weet Fruits +nly 6
39:3,,3NT
;. 5elon 4 Acid Fruit 4 'ub1acid
Fruit6 &++"
Other Food Combining Tips:
'ome cultures suggest eating protein only before 8/>> p.m. and all carbohydrates
from 8/>> p.m. until ?/>>p.m.
N3@3A miB protein, carbohydrates, and oils together. 'o, a sandwich made with
avocado, soy %meat), and bread is N+T a good combination for your healthy
digestion.
3at fruit for a meal, instead of between meals. If eaten between meals, it can
tamper with the digestion of food you!ve eaten earlier in the day.
5elons are best eaten alone or with acidCsub1acid fruits only.
'weet fruits should never be eaten with acid fruits.
Duices should be treated like the whole food they came from with regards to how
to combine them.
:old foods can inhibit digestion, Eust a thought. Aaw foodies can combat that by
letting their veggies warm to room temperature.
.aw Food Only /aters 0 0 0
This food combining guide was created with the assumption of eating cooked food.
Fhat I have found personally, is that raw foodies can combine pretty much any fruit,
veggie or protein $nut*.
However, be mindful of how much nutsCoils you eat.
Fhen eating nuts and oils especially when miBed with fruit, keep 0uantities to a
minimum.
Aaw desserts containing both nuts and fruit while tasty are not the best combination.
Aemember they are desserts . . . treats that are best eating in '5A,, 0uantities. /1*
The only foods I would be careful about combining $from eBperience* is acidCsub1acid
fruits and melons.
3at those separate and as a meal in itself.
&as and bloating become a problem if eaten immediately after finishing a meal, i.e.
having the fruit for dessert.
3nEoy Food :ombining these treats . . .