Question from SVE
Debra, I’ve made a major breakthrough in regard to my diet which consists of all (except one) organic, simple foods.
I’ve had food allergies (30 + years) and am presently on a five-day rotation diet. Problems for me cropped up consistently on two of the five days. I’m not allergic to any of my foods so this was a mystery. I searched the internet and found “Food Combining” as illustrated in this chart: at www.alderbrooke.com/chart.php
I began combining foods as shown on this chart and it definitely works for me. I’m still eating my same foods, but I’ve changed my meals to following basic recommendations for food combining.
One example: I was eating fruit along with meat for two of my five breakfasts. Six to eight hours later, I would experience very uncomfortable digestive symptoms (for two plus hours!).
I was desperate to find out why this was happening, searched and finally found within several food combining websites that fruit is easily digested, but meat is not. When the fruit sits waiting for the meat to get digested, it “ferments!” Alcohol is one of the possible substances that can form in a person’s digestive system in a case like this. If the fruit had been eaten alone, there would not have been a problem. I’m now eating my fruit meals alone!
Have you, Debra, or has anyone else found food combining to be of help?
Debra’s Answer
I tried food combining many years ago, and while I no longer adhere to it strictly, I tend to eat meals of vegetables and protein, and eat fruit separately as a snack.
