Correct Eating Habits - Part I

We just need to change our poor eating habits

1.. First, identify the different food groups (mainly whether alkaline or acidic)
2.. Next, understand how the different foods are digested in the body
3.. Learn how to correctly combine the foods that we eat
4.. Space our eating of each different non-compatible food group to allow sufficient time for our body to sufficiently break down the food into its essential nutrients
5.. Learn how to balance the different food groups in our diet to ensure the right alkaline to acid ratio in our body

From: http://www.detoxifynow.com/Food_diet.html

TROPHOLOGY - THE SCIENCE OF FOOD COMBINING

It is an established scientific fact in Western medicine that in order to initiate efficient digestion of any concentrated animal protein, the stomach must secrete pepsin. But it is also a well-known fact that pepsin can function only in a highly acidic medium, which must be maintained for several hours for complete digestion of proteins.

It is an equally well established fact of science that when we chew a piece of bread or potato or any other carbohydrate/starch, ptyalin and other alkaline juices are immediately secreted into the food by the saliva in the mouth. When swallowed, the alkalized starches require an alkaline medium in the stomach in order to complete digestion.

Anyone should be able to figure out what therefore happens when you ingest protein and starch together. Acid and alkaline juices are secreted simultaneously in response to the incoming protein and starch, promptly neutralizing one another and leaving a weak, watery solution in the stomach that digests neither protein or starch properly. Instead proteins putrefy and starches ferment owing to the constant presence of bacteria in the digestive tract.

This putrefaction and fermentation are the primary cause of all sorts of digestive stress, including gas, heartburn, cramps, bloating, constipation, foul stools, bleeding piles, colitis, and so forth.

Many so called 'allergies' are also the direct result of improper food combinations; the bloodstream picks up toxins from the putrefied, fermented mess as it passes slowly through the intestines, and these toxins in turn cause rashes, hives, headaches, nausea and other symptoms commonly branded as allergies. The same foods that cause allergic reactions when improperly combines often have no ill side-effects whatsoever when consumed according to the rules of trophology. The final fact of the matter is this: when you immobilize your stomach and impair digestive functions by consuming foods in indiscriminate combination, the bacteria in your alimentary canal have a field day. They get all the nutrients and thrive, while you get all the wastes and suffer.

According to a recent survey in America, the average American male today carries about 5 pounds of undigested, putrefied red meat in his gut. Leave 5 pounds of meat in a dark, warm, moist place for a few days and see for yourself the results of putrefaction. The severely septic condition of the human intestinal tract is unique in nature, yet Western physicians take it for granted and even insist that it is harmless to the rest of the system.

In fact, in order to protect itself from the chronic toxic irritation of improperly combined meals, the colon secretes large quantities of mucus to entrap toxic particles before they damage the colon's sensitive lining. When this occurs at every meal, everyday, every week, throughout the year- as is quite typical in modern Western diets- the colon ends up secreting a constant stream of mucus, which accumulates and gets impacted in the folds of the colon. This results in a narrowing of the passage through the colon and a constant seeping of toxins into the bloodstream by osmosis. When the impacting of toxic mucus in the colon reaches critical pressure, it causes a pocket to balloon outward through the colon lining, causing a condition called diverticulosis. Colitis, IBS, and colon cancer are the next stages of colon deterioration caused by these conditions.

From: http://www.acidalkalinediet.com/top10tips.pdf

To neutralize acids, your body creates and pulls alkaline buffers from anywhere it can:

• It creates cholesterol to neutralize the acids (now you know why so many people suffer from high cholesterol problems)

• It bleaches iron from your red blood cells (can you see how anemia develops?),

• It pulls calcium from your bones (can you say osteoporosis?),

• It steals potassium from your muscle tissues (do you get muscle spasms?),

• It pulls zinc, magnesium, and other elements from everywhere else.

From: http://www.greattastenopain.com/dl/what-doctor-wont-tell-you-about-d-pain.pdf

Simply put, food combining is a way of eating foods so that they do not work against each other and cause pain. Specific food groups, such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats, each require different digestion times and digestive enzymes, in order to be broken down and utilized by the body efficiently.

So you should only consume foods that have approximately the same digestion times and use the same or similar digestive agents to break them down.

For example, protein foods (meats) need a very acidic environment in order that they can be digested appropriately. Carbohydrates (starches and sugars), on the other hand, require a much more alkaline medium to digest, as do fats.

If you eat a meal that consists of meat, vegetables and a dessert, you have, in effect, neutralized your digestive system. In doing so, you have slowed the digestive process down to almost a complete stop.

But food combining is actually quite simple, because it categorizes all foods into three distinct types:

ï€ Type A foods are relatively neutral and pass through your stomach with little or no digestive enzymes required to break them down.

ï€ Type B foods require alkaline digestive enzymes to break down, beginning in the mouth with the enzyme ptyalin and continuing in the stomach and small intestine.

Type C foods require powerful acids to be broken down, namely hydrochloric acid and pepsin in the stomach.

With proper food combining, you can still eat any type of food you wish either alone, or in compatible combinations so you can enjoy what you are eating, without any pain for discomfort.

To restore health, your diet should consist of 4 parts alkaline foods and just 1 part acidic. To maintain good health, your diet should be 3 parts alkaline to 1 part acidic

From: http://www.acidalkalinediet.com/food-combining-chart?utm_campaign=email1-combiningchart&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alkaline-dieth

THE FOOD COMBINING CHART
for a smooth digestion

Important: Only combine where circles touch directly!

Asparagus
Kale
Artichokes
Meat
Amaranth

Bell Pepper
Leek
Beets
Fish
Buckwheat

Broccoli
Lettuce
Beans
Foul
Quinoa

Brussels Sprouts
Onions
Carrots
Avocado
Millet

Cabbage
Parsley
Corn
Beans
Oats

Celery
Radish
Jicama
Cerals
Rice

Chard
Rhubarb
Peas
Nuts
Spelt

Chicory
Spinach
Potatoes
Flax Seeds
Wheat and Flours

Chives
Summer Squash
Pumpkin
Pumpkin Seeds


Collards
Swiss Chard
Hubbard Squash
Unhulled Sesame Seeds


Raw Corn
Tomatoes
Winter Squash

Cucumber
Turnip
Banana Squash

Endive
Turnip Greens
Yams

Escarole
Watercress


Garlic
Zucchini

Green beans

Important: Only combine where circles touch directly!

Banana
Sweet Cherries
Grapefruit
Cantaloupe

Dates & Figs
Sweet Apple
Orange
Crenshaw

All Dried Fruit
Sweet Berries
Lemon
Honeydew

Persimmon
Apricot
Lime
Muskmelon

Prunes
Papaya
Pineapple
Watermelon

Sweet Grapes
Pear
Pomegranate

Mango
Sour Grapes

Sweet Peach
Cranberries

Sweet Plum
Sour Peach & Plum