The food combining diet is based on the chemistry of digesting, and when starches and proteins are eaten together they slow down the digestion process, according to Your Total Health. This leads to gastrointestinal problems, weight gain, and nutrients not absorbed. The basics of the food combining diet consists of not combining proteins and starches together in a meal, eating plenty of vegetables with starches or proteins, and the idea that fruits should be eaten by themselves and never combined with other foods.
Step 1
Eat fruits alone on an empty stomach for breakfast. Do not combine or eat with proteins or starchy foods and omit all breakfast type foods like cereals, muffins, bagels, breads, pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage. Drink a glass of water with a half of lemon to rehydrate yourself in the morning. You can have herbal tea without sugar or honey if you need something warm to drink. For the fruit meal in the morning, fruits like oranges, banana, pomegranate, figs, coconut, apples, pears, grapes, blueberries, gooseberries, cantaloupe, melons, pineapple and mangos can be eaten. Approximately 8 to 14 oz. of fruit can be eaten for breakfast, according to Kitchen Table Medicine.
Step 2
Cook vegetable soup or eat a large salad for lunch with a baked potato. Lunch can be the starch meal of the day where eating potatoes, whole wheat cereals, whole barley, corn, and rice is permissible. If making a soup, be sure to not use a protein rich beef or chicken stock, instead use a vegetable stock. Eat a baked potato or eat a chopped potato in your soup to get in a starch. Eat plenty of cooked or raw vegetables with this meal. A small amount of fat is allowed such one tbsp. of olive oil or flaxseed oil. However, Kitchen Table Medicine states that nothing with added sugar or vinegar should be eaten during this meal.
Step 3
Make a meal with lean protein for dinner, along with plenty of cooked or raw vegetables. Fresh red meats, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese and legumes are good choices for the protein meal. Make sure not to eat any type of starch like potatoes, rice, or breads with this meal. A small amount of fat is allowed such as a pat of butter or tbsp. of olive oil, but do not fry or cook proteins in heavy sauces that have sugar and starches added, instead grill, broil or bake the lean protein for this meal.
Tips and Warnings
- Eat a handful of nuts, a glass of milk, or some fruit for an evening snack. Be sure to take a multi-vitamin and drink at least eight glasses of water per day.
- Talk to your doctor before starting a new diet.
Things You'll Need
- Fresh fruit
- Fresh vegetables
- Lean proteins
- Legumes
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